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"
20 #define FAILED_RUN "failed to run %s"
22 static const char * const builtin_gc_usage
[] = {
23 N_("git gc [options]"),
27 static int pack_refs
= 1;
28 static int aggressive_window
= 250;
29 static int gc_auto_threshold
= 6700;
30 static int gc_auto_pack_limit
= 50;
31 static const char *prune_expire
= "2.weeks.ago";
33 static struct argv_array pack_refs_cmd
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
34 static struct argv_array reflog
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
35 static struct argv_array repack
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
36 static struct argv_array prune
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
37 static struct argv_array rerere
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
41 static void remove_pidfile(void)
47 static void remove_pidfile_on_signal(int signo
)
54 static int gc_config(const char *var
, const char *value
, void *cb
)
56 if (!strcmp(var
, "gc.packrefs")) {
57 if (value
&& !strcmp(value
, "notbare"))
60 pack_refs
= git_config_bool(var
, value
);
63 if (!strcmp(var
, "gc.aggressivewindow")) {
64 aggressive_window
= git_config_int(var
, value
);
67 if (!strcmp(var
, "gc.auto")) {
68 gc_auto_threshold
= git_config_int(var
, value
);
71 if (!strcmp(var
, "gc.autopacklimit")) {
72 gc_auto_pack_limit
= git_config_int(var
, value
);
75 if (!strcmp(var
, "gc.pruneexpire")) {
76 if (value
&& strcmp(value
, "now")) {
77 unsigned long now
= approxidate("now");
78 if (approxidate(value
) >= now
)
79 return error(_("Invalid %s: '%s'"), var
, value
);
81 return git_config_string(&prune_expire
, var
, value
);
83 return git_default_config(var
, value
, cb
);
86 static int too_many_loose_objects(void)
89 * Quickly check if a "gc" is needed, by estimating how
90 * many loose objects there are. Because SHA-1 is evenly
91 * distributed, we can check only one and get a reasonable
95 const char *objdir
= get_object_directory();
102 if (gc_auto_threshold
<= 0)
105 if (sizeof(path
) <= snprintf(path
, sizeof(path
), "%s/17", objdir
)) {
106 warning(_("insanely long object directory %.*s"), 50, objdir
);
113 auto_threshold
= (gc_auto_threshold
+ 255) / 256;
114 while ((ent
= readdir(dir
)) != NULL
) {
115 if (strspn(ent
->d_name
, "0123456789abcdef") != 38 ||
116 ent
->d_name
[38] != '\0')
118 if (++num_loose
> auto_threshold
) {
127 static int too_many_packs(void)
129 struct packed_git
*p
;
132 if (gc_auto_pack_limit
<= 0)
135 prepare_packed_git();
136 for (cnt
= 0, p
= packed_git
; p
; p
= p
->next
) {
142 * Perhaps check the size of the pack and count only
143 * very small ones here?
147 return gc_auto_pack_limit
<= cnt
;
150 static void add_repack_all_option(void)
152 if (prune_expire
&& !strcmp(prune_expire
, "now"))
153 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-a");
155 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-A");
157 argv_array_pushf(&repack
, "--unpack-unreachable=%s", prune_expire
);
161 static int need_to_gc(void)
164 * Setting gc.auto to 0 or negative can disable the
167 if (gc_auto_threshold
<= 0)
171 * If there are too many loose objects, but not too many
172 * packs, we run "repack -d -l". If there are too many packs,
173 * we run "repack -A -d -l". Otherwise we tell the caller
176 if (too_many_packs())
177 add_repack_all_option();
178 else if (!too_many_loose_objects())
181 if (run_hook(NULL
, "pre-auto-gc", NULL
))
186 /* return NULL on success, else hostname running the gc */
187 static const char *lock_repo_for_gc(int force
, pid_t
* ret_pid
)
189 static struct lock_file lock
;
190 static char locking_host
[128];
192 struct strbuf sb
= STRBUF_INIT
;
202 if (gethostname(my_host
, sizeof(my_host
)))
203 strcpy(my_host
, "unknown");
205 fd
= hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock
, git_path("gc.pid"),
208 fp
= fopen(git_path("gc.pid"), "r");
209 memset(locking_host
, 0, sizeof(locking_host
));
212 !fstat(fileno(fp
), &st
) &&
214 * 12 hour limit is very generous as gc should
215 * never take that long. On the other hand we
216 * don't really need a strict limit here,
217 * running gc --auto one day late is not a big
218 * problem. --force can be used in manual gc
219 * after the user verifies that no gc is
222 time(NULL
) - st
.st_mtime
<= 12 * 3600 &&
223 fscanf(fp
, "%"PRIuMAX
" %127c", &pid
, locking_host
) == 2 &&
224 /* be gentle to concurrent "gc" on remote hosts */
225 (strcmp(locking_host
, my_host
) || !kill(pid
, 0));
230 rollback_lock_file(&lock
);
236 strbuf_addf(&sb
, "%"PRIuMAX
" %s",
237 (uintmax_t) getpid(), my_host
);
238 write_in_full(fd
, sb
.buf
, sb
.len
);
240 commit_lock_file(&lock
);
242 pidfile
= git_pathdup("gc.pid");
243 sigchain_push_common(remove_pidfile_on_signal
);
244 atexit(remove_pidfile
);
249 int cmd_gc(int argc
, const char **argv
, const char *prefix
)
258 struct option builtin_gc_options
[] = {
259 OPT__QUIET(&quiet
, N_("suppress progress reporting")),
260 { OPTION_STRING
, 0, "prune", &prune_expire
, N_("date"),
261 N_("prune unreferenced objects"),
262 PARSE_OPT_OPTARG
, NULL
, (intptr_t)prune_expire
},
263 OPT_BOOL(0, "aggressive", &aggressive
, N_("be more thorough (increased runtime)")),
264 OPT_BOOL(0, "auto", &auto_gc
, N_("enable auto-gc mode")),
265 OPT_BOOL(0, "force", &force
, N_("force running gc even if there may be another gc running")),
269 if (argc
== 2 && !strcmp(argv
[1], "-h"))
270 usage_with_options(builtin_gc_usage
, builtin_gc_options
);
272 argv_array_pushl(&pack_refs_cmd
, "pack-refs", "--all", "--prune", NULL
);
273 argv_array_pushl(&reflog
, "reflog", "expire", "--all", NULL
);
274 argv_array_pushl(&repack
, "repack", "-d", "-l", NULL
);
275 argv_array_pushl(&prune
, "prune", "--expire", NULL
);
276 argv_array_pushl(&rerere
, "rerere", "gc", NULL
);
278 git_config(gc_config
, NULL
);
281 pack_refs
= !is_bare_repository();
283 argc
= parse_options(argc
, argv
, prefix
, builtin_gc_options
,
284 builtin_gc_usage
, 0);
286 usage_with_options(builtin_gc_usage
, builtin_gc_options
);
289 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-f");
290 argv_array_push(&repack
, "--depth=250");
291 if (aggressive_window
> 0)
292 argv_array_pushf(&repack
, "--window=%d", aggressive_window
);
295 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-q");
299 * Auto-gc should be least intrusive as possible.
305 _("Auto packing the repository for optimum performance. You may also\n"
306 "run \"git gc\" manually. See "
307 "\"git help gc\" for more information.\n"));
309 add_repack_all_option();
311 name
= lock_repo_for_gc(force
, &pid
);
314 return 0; /* be quiet on --auto */
315 die(_("gc is already running on machine '%s' pid %"PRIuMAX
" (use --force if not)"),
316 name
, (uintmax_t)pid
);
319 if (pack_refs
&& run_command_v_opt(pack_refs_cmd
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
320 return error(FAILED_RUN
, pack_refs_cmd
.argv
[0]);
322 if (run_command_v_opt(reflog
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
323 return error(FAILED_RUN
, reflog
.argv
[0]);
325 if (run_command_v_opt(repack
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
326 return error(FAILED_RUN
, repack
.argv
[0]);
329 argv_array_push(&prune
, prune_expire
);
331 argv_array_push(&prune
, "--no-progress");
332 if (run_command_v_opt(prune
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
333 return error(FAILED_RUN
, prune
.argv
[0]);
336 if (run_command_v_opt(rerere
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
337 return error(FAILED_RUN
, rerere
.argv
[0]);
339 if (auto_gc
&& too_many_loose_objects())
340 warning(_("There are too many unreachable loose objects; "
341 "run 'git prune' to remove them."));