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
17 #include "parse-options.h"
18 #include "run-command.h"
20 #include "argv-array.h"
24 #define FAILED_RUN "failed to run %s"
26 static const char * const builtin_gc_usage
[] = {
27 N_("git gc [<options>]"),
31 static int pack_refs
= 1;
32 static int prune_reflogs
= 1;
33 static int aggressive_depth
= 50;
34 static int aggressive_window
= 250;
35 static int gc_auto_threshold
= 6700;
36 static int gc_auto_pack_limit
= 50;
37 static int detach_auto
= 1;
38 static timestamp_t gc_log_expire_time
;
39 static const char *gc_log_expire
= "1.day.ago";
40 static const char *prune_expire
= "2.weeks.ago";
41 static const char *prune_worktrees_expire
= "3.months.ago";
43 static struct argv_array pack_refs_cmd
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
44 static struct argv_array reflog
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
45 static struct argv_array repack
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
46 static struct argv_array prune
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
47 static struct argv_array prune_worktrees
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
48 static struct argv_array rerere
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
50 static struct tempfile
*pidfile
;
51 static struct lock_file log_lock
;
53 static struct string_list pack_garbage
= STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP
;
55 static void clean_pack_garbage(void)
58 for (i
= 0; i
< pack_garbage
.nr
; i
++)
59 unlink_or_warn(pack_garbage
.items
[i
].string
);
60 string_list_clear(&pack_garbage
, 0);
63 static void report_pack_garbage(unsigned seen_bits
, const char *path
)
65 if (seen_bits
== PACKDIR_FILE_IDX
)
66 string_list_append(&pack_garbage
, path
);
69 static void process_log_file(void)
72 if (fstat(get_lock_file_fd(&log_lock
), &st
)) {
74 * Perhaps there was an i/o error or another
75 * unlikely situation. Try to make a note of
76 * this in gc.log along with any existing
79 int saved_errno
= errno
;
80 fprintf(stderr
, _("Failed to fstat %s: %s"),
81 get_tempfile_path(log_lock
.tempfile
),
82 strerror(saved_errno
));
84 commit_lock_file(&log_lock
);
86 } else if (st
.st_size
) {
87 /* There was some error recorded in the lock file */
88 commit_lock_file(&log_lock
);
90 /* No error, clean up any old gc.log */
91 unlink(git_path("gc.log"));
92 rollback_lock_file(&log_lock
);
96 static void process_log_file_at_exit(void)
102 static void process_log_file_on_signal(int signo
)
109 static void gc_config(void)
113 if (!git_config_get_value("gc.packrefs", &value
)) {
114 if (value
&& !strcmp(value
, "notbare"))
117 pack_refs
= git_config_bool("gc.packrefs", value
);
120 git_config_get_int("gc.aggressivewindow", &aggressive_window
);
121 git_config_get_int("gc.aggressivedepth", &aggressive_depth
);
122 git_config_get_int("gc.auto", &gc_auto_threshold
);
123 git_config_get_int("gc.autopacklimit", &gc_auto_pack_limit
);
124 git_config_get_bool("gc.autodetach", &detach_auto
);
125 git_config_get_expiry("gc.pruneexpire", &prune_expire
);
126 git_config_get_expiry("gc.worktreepruneexpire", &prune_worktrees_expire
);
127 git_config_get_expiry("gc.logexpiry", &gc_log_expire
);
129 git_config(git_default_config
, NULL
);
132 static int too_many_loose_objects(void)
135 * Quickly check if a "gc" is needed, by estimating how
136 * many loose objects there are. Because SHA-1 is evenly
137 * distributed, we can check only one and get a reasonable
146 if (gc_auto_threshold
<= 0)
149 dir
= opendir(git_path("objects/17"));
153 auto_threshold
= DIV_ROUND_UP(gc_auto_threshold
, 256);
154 while ((ent
= readdir(dir
)) != NULL
) {
155 if (strspn(ent
->d_name
, "0123456789abcdef") != 38 ||
156 ent
->d_name
[38] != '\0')
158 if (++num_loose
> auto_threshold
) {
167 static int too_many_packs(void)
169 struct packed_git
*p
;
172 if (gc_auto_pack_limit
<= 0)
175 prepare_packed_git();
176 for (cnt
= 0, p
= packed_git
; p
; p
= p
->next
) {
182 * Perhaps check the size of the pack and count only
183 * very small ones here?
187 return gc_auto_pack_limit
< cnt
;
190 static void add_repack_all_option(void)
192 if (prune_expire
&& !strcmp(prune_expire
, "now"))
193 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-a");
195 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-A");
197 argv_array_pushf(&repack
, "--unpack-unreachable=%s", prune_expire
);
201 static void add_repack_incremental_option(void)
203 argv_array_push(&repack
, "--no-write-bitmap-index");
206 static int need_to_gc(void)
209 * Setting gc.auto to 0 or negative can disable the
212 if (gc_auto_threshold
<= 0)
216 * If there are too many loose objects, but not too many
217 * packs, we run "repack -d -l". If there are too many packs,
218 * we run "repack -A -d -l". Otherwise we tell the caller
221 if (too_many_packs())
222 add_repack_all_option();
223 else if (too_many_loose_objects())
224 add_repack_incremental_option();
228 if (run_hook_le(NULL
, "pre-auto-gc", NULL
))
233 /* return NULL on success, else hostname running the gc */
234 static const char *lock_repo_for_gc(int force
, pid_t
* ret_pid
)
236 static struct lock_file lock
;
237 char my_host
[HOST_NAME_MAX
+ 1];
238 struct strbuf sb
= STRBUF_INIT
;
245 if (is_tempfile_active(pidfile
))
249 if (xgethostname(my_host
, sizeof(my_host
)))
250 xsnprintf(my_host
, sizeof(my_host
), "unknown");
252 pidfile_path
= git_pathdup("gc.pid");
253 fd
= hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock
, pidfile_path
,
256 static char locking_host
[HOST_NAME_MAX
+ 1];
257 static char *scan_fmt
;
261 scan_fmt
= xstrfmt("%s %%%ds", "%"SCNuMAX
, HOST_NAME_MAX
);
262 fp
= fopen(pidfile_path
, "r");
263 memset(locking_host
, 0, sizeof(locking_host
));
266 !fstat(fileno(fp
), &st
) &&
268 * 12 hour limit is very generous as gc should
269 * never take that long. On the other hand we
270 * don't really need a strict limit here,
271 * running gc --auto one day late is not a big
272 * problem. --force can be used in manual gc
273 * after the user verifies that no gc is
276 time(NULL
) - st
.st_mtime
<= 12 * 3600 &&
277 fscanf(fp
, scan_fmt
, &pid
, locking_host
) == 2 &&
278 /* be gentle to concurrent "gc" on remote hosts */
279 (strcmp(locking_host
, my_host
) || !kill(pid
, 0) || errno
== EPERM
);
284 rollback_lock_file(&lock
);
291 strbuf_addf(&sb
, "%"PRIuMAX
" %s",
292 (uintmax_t) getpid(), my_host
);
293 write_in_full(fd
, sb
.buf
, sb
.len
);
295 commit_lock_file(&lock
);
296 pidfile
= register_tempfile(pidfile_path
);
301 static int report_last_gc_error(void)
303 struct strbuf sb
= STRBUF_INIT
;
306 char *gc_log_path
= git_pathdup("gc.log");
308 if (stat(gc_log_path
, &st
)) {
312 ret
= error_errno(_("Can't stat %s"), gc_log_path
);
316 if (st
.st_mtime
< gc_log_expire_time
)
319 ret
= strbuf_read_file(&sb
, gc_log_path
, 0);
321 ret
= error(_("The last gc run reported the following. "
322 "Please correct the root cause\n"
324 "Automatic cleanup will not be performed "
325 "until the file is removed.\n\n"
327 gc_log_path
, sb
.buf
);
334 static int gc_before_repack(void)
336 if (pack_refs
&& run_command_v_opt(pack_refs_cmd
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
337 return error(FAILED_RUN
, pack_refs_cmd
.argv
[0]);
339 if (prune_reflogs
&& run_command_v_opt(reflog
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
340 return error(FAILED_RUN
, reflog
.argv
[0]);
347 int cmd_gc(int argc
, const char **argv
, const char *prefix
)
357 struct option builtin_gc_options
[] = {
358 OPT__QUIET(&quiet
, N_("suppress progress reporting")),
359 { OPTION_STRING
, 0, "prune", &prune_expire
, N_("date"),
360 N_("prune unreferenced objects"),
361 PARSE_OPT_OPTARG
, NULL
, (intptr_t)prune_expire
},
362 OPT_BOOL(0, "aggressive", &aggressive
, N_("be more thorough (increased runtime)")),
363 OPT_BOOL(0, "auto", &auto_gc
, N_("enable auto-gc mode")),
364 OPT_BOOL(0, "force", &force
, N_("force running gc even if there may be another gc running")),
368 if (argc
== 2 && !strcmp(argv
[1], "-h"))
369 usage_with_options(builtin_gc_usage
, builtin_gc_options
);
371 argv_array_pushl(&pack_refs_cmd
, "pack-refs", "--all", "--prune", NULL
);
372 argv_array_pushl(&reflog
, "reflog", "expire", "--all", NULL
);
373 argv_array_pushl(&repack
, "repack", "-d", "-l", NULL
);
374 argv_array_pushl(&prune
, "prune", "--expire", NULL
);
375 argv_array_pushl(&prune_worktrees
, "worktree", "prune", "--expire", NULL
);
376 argv_array_pushl(&rerere
, "rerere", "gc", NULL
);
378 /* default expiry time, overwritten in gc_config */
380 if (parse_expiry_date(gc_log_expire
, &gc_log_expire_time
))
381 die(_("Failed to parse gc.logexpiry value %s"), gc_log_expire
);
384 pack_refs
= !is_bare_repository();
386 argc
= parse_options(argc
, argv
, prefix
, builtin_gc_options
,
387 builtin_gc_usage
, 0);
389 usage_with_options(builtin_gc_usage
, builtin_gc_options
);
392 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-f");
393 if (aggressive_depth
> 0)
394 argv_array_pushf(&repack
, "--depth=%d", aggressive_depth
);
395 if (aggressive_window
> 0)
396 argv_array_pushf(&repack
, "--window=%d", aggressive_window
);
399 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-q");
403 * Auto-gc should be least intrusive as possible.
409 fprintf(stderr
, _("Auto packing the repository in background for optimum performance.\n"));
411 fprintf(stderr
, _("Auto packing the repository for optimum performance.\n"));
412 fprintf(stderr
, _("See \"git help gc\" for manual housekeeping.\n"));
415 if (report_last_gc_error())
418 if (lock_repo_for_gc(force
, &pid
))
420 if (gc_before_repack())
422 delete_tempfile(&pidfile
);
425 * failure to daemonize is ok, we'll continue
428 daemonized
= !daemonize();
431 add_repack_all_option();
433 name
= lock_repo_for_gc(force
, &pid
);
436 return 0; /* be quiet on --auto */
437 die(_("gc is already running on machine '%s' pid %"PRIuMAX
" (use --force if not)"),
438 name
, (uintmax_t)pid
);
442 hold_lock_file_for_update(&log_lock
,
445 dup2(get_lock_file_fd(&log_lock
), 2);
446 sigchain_push_common(process_log_file_on_signal
);
447 atexit(process_log_file_at_exit
);
450 if (gc_before_repack())
453 if (!repository_format_precious_objects
) {
454 if (run_command_v_opt(repack
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
455 return error(FAILED_RUN
, repack
.argv
[0]);
458 argv_array_push(&prune
, prune_expire
);
460 argv_array_push(&prune
, "--no-progress");
461 if (run_command_v_opt(prune
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
462 return error(FAILED_RUN
, prune
.argv
[0]);
466 if (prune_worktrees_expire
) {
467 argv_array_push(&prune_worktrees
, prune_worktrees_expire
);
468 if (run_command_v_opt(prune_worktrees
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
469 return error(FAILED_RUN
, prune_worktrees
.argv
[0]);
472 if (run_command_v_opt(rerere
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
473 return error(FAILED_RUN
, rerere
.argv
[0]);
475 report_garbage
= report_pack_garbage
;
476 reprepare_packed_git();
477 if (pack_garbage
.nr
> 0)
478 clean_pack_garbage();
480 if (auto_gc
&& too_many_loose_objects())
481 warning(_("There are too many unreachable loose objects; "
482 "run 'git prune' to remove them."));
485 unlink(git_path("gc.log"));