From: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx> The 'update-ref' command is used to update refs using transactions. The command allows users to also utilize a '--stdin' mode to provide a batch of sub-commands which can be processed in a transaction. Currently, the sub-commands involve {verify, delete, create, update} and they allow users to work with regular refs in the repository. To work with symrefs, users only have the option of using 'git-symbolic-ref', which doesn't provide transaction support to the users eventhough it uses the same behind the hood. Recently, we modified the reference backend to add symref support, following which, 'git-symbolic-ref' also uses the transaction backend. But, it doesn't expose this to the user. To allow users to work with symrefs via transaction, this series adds support for new sub-commands {symrer-verify, symref-delete, symref-create, symref-update} to the '--stdin' mode of update-ref. These complement the existing sub-commands. The patches 1, 2, & 6 fix small issues in the reference backends. The other patches 3, 4, 5, & 7 each add one of the new sub-commands. The series is based off master, with 'kn/ref-transaction-symref' merged in. There was some discussion [1] also about adding `old_target` support to the existing `update` command. I think its worthwhile to do this with some tests cleanup, will follow that up as a separate series. Changes since v3: * Changed the position of `old_target` and `flags` in `ref_transaction_delete` to make it a coherent. * Added tests for deletion of regular refs using 'symref-delete', this lead to adding a new commit to have specific errors for when a regular update contains `old_target`. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAOLa=ZQW-cCV5BP_fCvuZimfkjwAzjEiqXYRPft1Wf9kAX=_bw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Karthik Nayak (7): refs: create and use `ref_update_expects_existing_old_ref()` refs: specify error for regular refs with `old_target` update-ref: add support for 'symref-verify' command update-ref: add support for 'symref-delete' command update-ref: add support for 'symref-create' command reftable: pick either 'oid' or 'target' for new updates update-ref: add support for 'symref-update' command Documentation/git-update-ref.txt | 25 ++ builtin/clone.c | 2 +- builtin/fetch.c | 4 +- builtin/receive-pack.c | 3 +- builtin/update-ref.c | 237 ++++++++++++++++- refs.c | 40 ++- refs.h | 6 +- refs/files-backend.c | 16 +- refs/refs-internal.h | 6 + refs/reftable-backend.c | 16 +- t/t0600-reffiles-backend.sh | 32 +++ t/t1400-update-ref.sh | 430 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- t/t1416-ref-transaction-hooks.sh | 54 ++++ t/t5605-clone-local.sh | 2 +- 14 files changed, 832 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) Range-diff against v3: -: ---------- > 1: cab5265c3c refs: create and use `ref_update_expects_existing_old_ref()` -: ---------- > 2: 57b5ff46c0 refs: specify error for regular refs with `old_target` 1: ed54b0dfb9 = 3: 5710fa81bf update-ref: add support for 'symref-verify' command 2: b82b86ff40 ! 4: 5f8fc4eb6e update-ref: add support for 'symref-delete' command @@ Commit message within a transaction, which promises atomicity of the operation and can be batched with other commands. + When no 'old_target' is provided it can also delete regular refs, + similar to how the 'delete' command can delete symrefs when no 'old_oid' + is provided. + Helped-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@xxxxxxxxx> @@ Documentation/git-update-ref.txt: verify:: ## builtin/fetch.c ## @@ builtin/fetch.c: static int prune_refs(struct display_state *display_state, + if (!dry_run) { if (transaction) { for (ref = stale_refs; ref; ref = ref->next) { - result = ref_transaction_delete(transaction, ref->name, NULL, 0, +- result = ref_transaction_delete(transaction, ref->name, NULL, 0, - "fetch: prune", &err); -+ NULL, "fetch: prune", &err); ++ result = ref_transaction_delete(transaction, ref->name, NULL, ++ NULL, 0, "fetch: prune", &err); if (result) goto cleanup; } @@ builtin/receive-pack.c: static const char *update(struct command *cmd, struct sh namespaced_name, old_oid, - 0, "push", &err)) { -+ 0, NULL, ++ NULL, 0, + "push", &err)) { rp_error("%s", err.buf); ret = "failed to delete"; @@ builtin/update-ref.c: static void parse_cmd_delete(struct ref_transaction *trans if (ref_transaction_delete(transaction, refname, have_old ? &old_oid : NULL, - update_flags, msg, &err)) -+ update_flags, NULL, msg, &err)) ++ NULL, update_flags, msg, &err)) die("%s", err.buf); update_flags = default_flags; @@ builtin/update-ref.c: static void parse_cmd_delete(struct ref_transaction *trans + die("symref-delete %s: extra input: %s", refname, next); + + if (ref_transaction_delete(transaction, refname, NULL, -+ update_flags, old_target, msg, &err)) ++ old_target, update_flags, msg, &err)) + die("%s", err.buf); + + update_flags = default_flags; @@ refs.c: int refs_delete_ref(struct ref_store *refs, const char *msg, if (!transaction || ref_transaction_delete(transaction, refname, old_oid, - flags, msg, &err) || -+ flags, NULL, msg, &err) || ++ NULL, flags, msg, &err) || ref_transaction_commit(transaction, &err)) { error("%s", err.buf); ref_transaction_free(transaction); @@ refs.c: int ref_transaction_create(struct ref_transaction *transaction, const char *refname, const struct object_id *old_oid, - unsigned int flags, const char *msg, -+ unsigned int flags, + const char *old_target, ++ unsigned int flags, + const char *msg, struct strbuf *err) { @@ refs.c: int refs_delete_refs(struct ref_store *refs, const char *logmsg, for_each_string_list_item(item, refnames) { ret = ref_transaction_delete(transaction, item->string, - NULL, flags, msg, &err); -+ NULL, flags, NULL, msg, &err); ++ NULL, NULL, flags, msg, &err); if (ret) { warning(_("could not delete reference %s: %s"), item->string, err.buf); @@ refs.h: int ref_transaction_create(struct ref_transaction *transaction, const char *refname, const struct object_id *old_oid, - unsigned int flags, const char *msg, -+ unsigned int flags, + const char *old_target, ++ unsigned int flags, + const char *msg, struct strbuf *err); @@ t/t1400-update-ref.sh: do + grep "fatal: symref-delete: missing <ref>" err + ' + ++ test_expect_success "stdin $type symref-delete fails deleting regular ref" ' ++ test_when_finished "git update-ref -d refs/heads/regularref" && ++ git update-ref refs/heads/regularref $a && ++ format_command $type "symref-delete refs/heads/regularref" "$a" >stdin && ++ test_must_fail git update-ref --stdin $type --no-deref <stdin 2>err && ++ grep "fatal: cannot update regular ref: ${SQ}refs/heads/regularref${SQ}: symref target ${SQ}$a${SQ} set" err ++ ' ++ + test_expect_success "stdin $type symref-delete fails with too many arguments" ' + format_command $type "symref-delete refs/heads/symref" "$a" "$a" >stdin && + test_must_fail git update-ref --stdin $type --no-deref <stdin 2>err && @@ t/t1400-update-ref.sh: do + git update-ref --stdin $type --no-deref <stdin && + test_must_fail git symbolic-ref -d refs/heads/symref2 + ' ++ ++ test_expect_success "stdin $type symref-delete fails deleting regular ref without target" ' ++ git update-ref refs/heads/regularref $a && ++ format_command $type "symref-delete refs/heads/regularref" >stdin && ++ git update-ref --stdin $type --no-deref <stdin ++ ' + done 3: ae127f7d52 ! 5: 1542cfb806 update-ref: add support for 'symref-create' command @@ t/t0600-reffiles-backend.sh: test_expect_success POSIXPERM 'git reflog expire ho ## t/t1400-update-ref.sh ## @@ t/t1400-update-ref.sh: do - test_must_fail git symbolic-ref -d refs/heads/symref2 + git update-ref --stdin $type --no-deref <stdin ' + test_expect_success "stdin $type symref-create fails with too many arguments" ' 4: 8889dcbf40 = 6: ec5380743d reftable: pick either 'oid' or 'target' for new updates 5: 19d85d56c4 ! 7: f8d91f7fc9 update-ref: add support for 'symref-update' command @@ Commit message we don't use a `(ref | oid)` prefix for the old_value, then there is ambiguity around if the value provided should be treated as an oid or a reference. This is more so the reason, because we allow anything - committish to be provided as an oid. + committish to be provided as an oid. While 'symref-verify' and + 'symref-delete' also take in `<old-target>` we do not have this + divergence there as those commands only work with symrefs. Whereas + 'symref-update' also works with regular refs and allows users to convert + regular refs to symrefs. The command allows users to perform symbolic ref updates within a transaction. This provides atomicity and allows users to perform a set -- 2.43.GIT