2 * git gc builtin command
4 * Cleanup unreachable files and optimize the repository.
6 * Copyright (c) 2007 James Bowes
8 * Based on git-gc.sh, which is
10 * Copyright (c) 2006 Shawn O. Pearce
15 #include "parse-options.h"
16 #include "run-command.h"
18 #include "argv-array.h"
21 #define FAILED_RUN "failed to run %s"
23 static const char * const builtin_gc_usage
[] = {
24 N_("git gc [options]"),
28 static int pack_refs
= 1;
29 static int aggressive_depth
= 250;
30 static int aggressive_window
= 250;
31 static int gc_auto_threshold
= 6700;
32 static int gc_auto_pack_limit
= 50;
33 static int detach_auto
= 1;
34 static const char *prune_expire
= "2.weeks.ago";
36 static struct argv_array pack_refs_cmd
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
37 static struct argv_array reflog
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
38 static struct argv_array repack
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
39 static struct argv_array prune
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
40 static struct argv_array rerere
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
44 static void remove_pidfile(void)
50 static void remove_pidfile_on_signal(int signo
)
57 static int gc_config(const char *var
, const char *value
, void *cb
)
59 if (!strcmp(var
, "gc.packrefs")) {
60 if (value
&& !strcmp(value
, "notbare"))
63 pack_refs
= git_config_bool(var
, value
);
66 if (!strcmp(var
, "gc.aggressivewindow")) {
67 aggressive_window
= git_config_int(var
, value
);
70 if (!strcmp(var
, "gc.aggressivedepth")) {
71 aggressive_depth
= git_config_int(var
, value
);
74 if (!strcmp(var
, "gc.auto")) {
75 gc_auto_threshold
= git_config_int(var
, value
);
78 if (!strcmp(var
, "gc.autopacklimit")) {
79 gc_auto_pack_limit
= git_config_int(var
, value
);
82 if (!strcmp(var
, "gc.autodetach")) {
83 detach_auto
= git_config_bool(var
, value
);
86 if (!strcmp(var
, "gc.pruneexpire")) {
87 if (value
&& strcmp(value
, "now")) {
88 unsigned long now
= approxidate("now");
89 if (approxidate(value
) >= now
)
90 return error(_("Invalid %s: '%s'"), var
, value
);
92 return git_config_string(&prune_expire
, var
, value
);
94 return git_default_config(var
, value
, cb
);
97 static int too_many_loose_objects(void)
100 * Quickly check if a "gc" is needed, by estimating how
101 * many loose objects there are. Because SHA-1 is evenly
102 * distributed, we can check only one and get a reasonable
106 const char *objdir
= get_object_directory();
113 if (gc_auto_threshold
<= 0)
116 if (sizeof(path
) <= snprintf(path
, sizeof(path
), "%s/17", objdir
)) {
117 warning(_("insanely long object directory %.*s"), 50, objdir
);
124 auto_threshold
= (gc_auto_threshold
+ 255) / 256;
125 while ((ent
= readdir(dir
)) != NULL
) {
126 if (strspn(ent
->d_name
, "0123456789abcdef") != 38 ||
127 ent
->d_name
[38] != '\0')
129 if (++num_loose
> auto_threshold
) {
138 static int too_many_packs(void)
140 struct packed_git
*p
;
143 if (gc_auto_pack_limit
<= 0)
146 prepare_packed_git();
147 for (cnt
= 0, p
= packed_git
; p
; p
= p
->next
) {
153 * Perhaps check the size of the pack and count only
154 * very small ones here?
158 return gc_auto_pack_limit
<= cnt
;
161 static void add_repack_all_option(void)
163 if (prune_expire
&& !strcmp(prune_expire
, "now"))
164 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-a");
166 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-A");
168 argv_array_pushf(&repack
, "--unpack-unreachable=%s", prune_expire
);
172 static int need_to_gc(void)
175 * Setting gc.auto to 0 or negative can disable the
178 if (gc_auto_threshold
<= 0)
182 * If there are too many loose objects, but not too many
183 * packs, we run "repack -d -l". If there are too many packs,
184 * we run "repack -A -d -l". Otherwise we tell the caller
187 if (too_many_packs())
188 add_repack_all_option();
189 else if (!too_many_loose_objects())
192 if (run_hook_le(NULL
, "pre-auto-gc", NULL
))
197 /* return NULL on success, else hostname running the gc */
198 static const char *lock_repo_for_gc(int force
, pid_t
* ret_pid
)
200 static struct lock_file lock
;
202 struct strbuf sb
= STRBUF_INIT
;
212 if (gethostname(my_host
, sizeof(my_host
)))
213 strcpy(my_host
, "unknown");
215 fd
= hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock
, git_path("gc.pid"),
218 static char locking_host
[128];
220 fp
= fopen(git_path("gc.pid"), "r");
221 memset(locking_host
, 0, sizeof(locking_host
));
224 !fstat(fileno(fp
), &st
) &&
226 * 12 hour limit is very generous as gc should
227 * never take that long. On the other hand we
228 * don't really need a strict limit here,
229 * running gc --auto one day late is not a big
230 * problem. --force can be used in manual gc
231 * after the user verifies that no gc is
234 time(NULL
) - st
.st_mtime
<= 12 * 3600 &&
235 fscanf(fp
, "%"PRIuMAX
" %127c", &pid
, locking_host
) == 2 &&
236 /* be gentle to concurrent "gc" on remote hosts */
237 (strcmp(locking_host
, my_host
) || !kill(pid
, 0) || errno
== EPERM
);
242 rollback_lock_file(&lock
);
248 strbuf_addf(&sb
, "%"PRIuMAX
" %s",
249 (uintmax_t) getpid(), my_host
);
250 write_in_full(fd
, sb
.buf
, sb
.len
);
252 commit_lock_file(&lock
);
254 pidfile
= git_pathdup("gc.pid");
255 sigchain_push_common(remove_pidfile_on_signal
);
256 atexit(remove_pidfile
);
261 int cmd_gc(int argc
, const char **argv
, const char *prefix
)
270 struct option builtin_gc_options
[] = {
271 OPT__QUIET(&quiet
, N_("suppress progress reporting")),
272 { OPTION_STRING
, 0, "prune", &prune_expire
, N_("date"),
273 N_("prune unreferenced objects"),
274 PARSE_OPT_OPTARG
, NULL
, (intptr_t)prune_expire
},
275 OPT_BOOL(0, "aggressive", &aggressive
, N_("be more thorough (increased runtime)")),
276 OPT_BOOL(0, "auto", &auto_gc
, N_("enable auto-gc mode")),
277 OPT_BOOL(0, "force", &force
, N_("force running gc even if there may be another gc running")),
281 if (argc
== 2 && !strcmp(argv
[1], "-h"))
282 usage_with_options(builtin_gc_usage
, builtin_gc_options
);
284 argv_array_pushl(&pack_refs_cmd
, "pack-refs", "--all", "--prune", NULL
);
285 argv_array_pushl(&reflog
, "reflog", "expire", "--all", NULL
);
286 argv_array_pushl(&repack
, "repack", "-d", "-l", NULL
);
287 argv_array_pushl(&prune
, "prune", "--expire", NULL
);
288 argv_array_pushl(&rerere
, "rerere", "gc", NULL
);
290 git_config(gc_config
, NULL
);
293 pack_refs
= !is_bare_repository();
295 argc
= parse_options(argc
, argv
, prefix
, builtin_gc_options
,
296 builtin_gc_usage
, 0);
298 usage_with_options(builtin_gc_usage
, builtin_gc_options
);
301 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-f");
302 if (aggressive_depth
> 0)
303 argv_array_pushf(&repack
, "--depth=%d", aggressive_depth
);
304 if (aggressive_window
> 0)
305 argv_array_pushf(&repack
, "--window=%d", aggressive_window
);
308 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-q");
312 * Auto-gc should be least intrusive as possible.
318 fprintf(stderr
, _("Auto packing the repository in background for optimum performance.\n"));
320 fprintf(stderr
, _("Auto packing the repository for optimum performance.\n"));
321 fprintf(stderr
, _("See \"git help gc\" for manual housekeeping.\n"));
325 * failure to daemonize is ok, we'll continue
330 add_repack_all_option();
332 name
= lock_repo_for_gc(force
, &pid
);
335 return 0; /* be quiet on --auto */
336 die(_("gc is already running on machine '%s' pid %"PRIuMAX
" (use --force if not)"),
337 name
, (uintmax_t)pid
);
340 if (pack_refs
&& run_command_v_opt(pack_refs_cmd
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
341 return error(FAILED_RUN
, pack_refs_cmd
.argv
[0]);
343 if (run_command_v_opt(reflog
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
344 return error(FAILED_RUN
, reflog
.argv
[0]);
346 if (run_command_v_opt(repack
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
347 return error(FAILED_RUN
, repack
.argv
[0]);
350 argv_array_push(&prune
, prune_expire
);
352 argv_array_push(&prune
, "--no-progress");
353 if (run_command_v_opt(prune
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
354 return error(FAILED_RUN
, prune
.argv
[0]);
357 if (run_command_v_opt(rerere
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
358 return error(FAILED_RUN
, rerere
.argv
[0]);
360 if (auto_gc
&& too_many_loose_objects())
361 warning(_("There are too many unreachable loose objects; "
362 "run 'git prune' to remove them."));