Hi Taylor, Thanks for your reply. That sounds like a great idea! On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 5:12 PM Taylor Blau <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > But, I think that we could get pretty far by treating the prefixes as > refs so that we can call ref-filter.c:find_longest_prefixes(). For its > purposes, it doesn't really care about whether or not the arguments > actually are references. It simply returns the longest common prefix > among all of its arguments (delimited by '/' characters). What does "delimited by /" mean? Without really understanding the longest common prefix code in ref-filter.c, my intuitive concern is that the specifics of glob matching and special treatment of '/' may bite us. I suppose we'll be fine because ls-refs has its own matching logic. So long as for_each_fullref_in_prefixes yield enough prefixes, the end result would remain the same. The question is then, does for_each_fullref_in_prefixes yield everything we need? I think my approach would be to expose the new for_each_fullref_in_prefixes iterator you propose through test-tool, and unit test it so we can be sure it handles both contexts (for-each-refs with globs and special '/', and ls-refs without any special character behavior) correctly. I may be overly cautious here, take this with a grain of salt because I am not an experienced Git contributor. On that topic, apologies if I'm botching my inline replies in this email. Regarding your patch: it works correctly and as fast as expected for my development "many refs" test case. Yay! It also segfaults and fails some tests but see my comments below. All in all: thanks, great idea, yes we should reuse, I only lack confidence on correctness because I don't fully grasp your longest-common-prefix algorithm yet. Cheers, Jacob > --- >8 --- > > Subject: [PATCH] ls-refs: iterate longest common refs prefix > > Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > ls-refs.c | 4 +++- > ref-filter.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- > ref-filter.h | 10 ++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/ls-refs.c b/ls-refs.c > index a1e0b473e4..6a3e11d45c 100644 > --- a/ls-refs.c > +++ b/ls-refs.c > @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ > #include "ls-refs.h" > #include "pkt-line.h" > #include "config.h" > +#include "ref-filter.h" > > /* > * Check if one of the prefixes is a prefix of the ref. > @@ -109,7 +110,8 @@ int ls_refs(struct repository *r, struct strvec *keys, > die(_("expected flush after ls-refs arguments")); > > head_ref_namespaced(send_ref, &data); > - for_each_namespaced_ref(send_ref, &data); > + for_each_fullref_in_prefixes(get_git_namespace(), data.prefixes.v, > + send_ref, &data, 0); Remember to add that strvec_init(&data.prefixes) I talked about in my commit message, or you get a segfault. You also need: if (!data.prefixes.nr) strvec_push(&data.prefixes, "refs/"); Without it, the "ls-refs without ref-prefix" scenario fails. > packet_flush(1); > strvec_clear(&data.prefixes); > return 0; > diff --git a/ref-filter.c b/ref-filter.c > index aa260bfd09..c34bf34d06 100644 > --- a/ref-filter.c > +++ b/ref-filter.c > @@ -1987,6 +1987,36 @@ static void find_longest_prefixes(struct string_list *out, > strbuf_release(&prefix); > } > > +int for_each_fullref_in_prefixes(const char *namespace, > + const char **patterns, > + each_ref_fn cb, > + void *cb_data, > + int broken) > +{ > + struct string_list prefixes = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP; > + struct string_list_item *prefix; > + struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT; > + int ret = 0, namespace_len; > + > + find_longest_prefixes(&prefixes, patterns); > + > + if (namespace) > + strbuf_addstr(&buf, namespace); > + namespace_len = buf.len; > + > + for_each_string_list_item(prefix, &prefixes) { > + strbuf_addf(&buf, prefix->string); Missing format string "%s". > + ret = for_each_fullref_in(buf.buf, cb, cb_data, broken); > + if (ret) > + break; > + strbuf_setlen(&buf, namespace_len); > + } > + > + string_list_clear(&prefixes, 0); > + strbuf_release(&buf); > + return ret; > +} > + > /* > * This is the same as for_each_fullref_in(), but it tries to iterate > * only over the patterns we'll care about. Note that it _doesn't_ do a full > @@ -1997,10 +2027,6 @@ static int for_each_fullref_in_pattern(struct ref_filter *filter, > void *cb_data, > int broken) > { > - struct string_list prefixes = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP; > - struct string_list_item *prefix; > - int ret; > - > if (!filter->match_as_path) { > /* > * in this case, the patterns are applied after > @@ -2024,16 +2050,8 @@ static int for_each_fullref_in_pattern(struct ref_filter *filter, > return for_each_fullref_in("", cb, cb_data, broken); > } > > - find_longest_prefixes(&prefixes, filter->name_patterns); > - > - for_each_string_list_item(prefix, &prefixes) { > - ret = for_each_fullref_in(prefix->string, cb, cb_data, broken); > - if (ret) > - break; > - } > - > - string_list_clear(&prefixes, 0); > - return ret; > + return for_each_fullref_in_prefixes(NULL, filter->name_patterns, > + cb, cb_data, broken); > } > > /* > diff --git a/ref-filter.h b/ref-filter.h > index feaef4a8fd..f666a0fb49 100644 > --- a/ref-filter.h > +++ b/ref-filter.h > @@ -146,4 +146,14 @@ struct ref_array_item *ref_array_push(struct ref_array *array, > const char *refname, > const struct object_id *oid); > > +/** > + * iterate all refs which descend from the longest common prefix among > + * "patterns". > + */ > +int for_each_fullref_in_prefixes(const char *namespace, > + const char **patterns, > + each_ref_fn cb, > + void *cb_data, > + int broken); > + > #endif /* REF_FILTER_H */ > -- > 2.30.0.138.g6d7191ea01 >