`git pack-objects` already supports a `--missing=<missing-action>`
option, so that it can avoid erroring out if some objects aren't
available.
It is interesting to have `git upload-pack` support a similar way to
avoid sending some objects in case they aren't available on the
server.
For example, in case both the server and the client are using a
separate promisor remote that contain some objects, it can be better
if the server doesn't try to send such objects back to the client, but
instead let the client get those objects separately from the promisor
remote. (The client needs to have the separate promisor remote
configured, for that to work.)
Another example could be a server where some objects have been
corrupted or deleted. It could still be useful for clients who could
get those objects from another source, like perhaps a different
client, to be able to fetch or clone from the server.
As `git rev-list` also supports a `--missing=<missing-action>` option,
the first 3 patches in this series are about refactoring related code
from both `git rev-list` and `git pack-objects` into new
"missing.{c,h}" files. Patch 4/4 then adds a new
`uploadpack.missingAction` configuration variable.
Christian Couder (4):
rev-list: refactor --missing=<missing-action>
missing: support rejecting --missing=print
pack-objects: use the missing action API
upload-pack: allow configuring a missing-action
Documentation/config/uploadpack.txt | 9 ++
Makefile | 1 +
builtin/pack-objects.c | 46 +++++-----
builtin/rev-list.c | 41 ++-------
missing.c | 42 ++++++++++
missing.h | 20 +++++
t/t5706-upload-pack-missing.sh | 125 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
upload-pack.c | 19 +++++
8 files changed, 244 insertions(+), 59 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 missing.c
create mode 100644 missing.h
create mode 100755 t/t5706-upload-pack-missing.sh
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