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 prune_reflogs
= 1;
30 static int aggressive_depth
= 250;
31 static int aggressive_window
= 250;
32 static int gc_auto_threshold
= 6700;
33 static int gc_auto_pack_limit
= 50;
34 static int detach_auto
= 1;
35 static const char *prune_expire
= "2.weeks.ago";
37 static struct argv_array pack_refs_cmd
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
38 static struct argv_array reflog
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
39 static struct argv_array repack
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
40 static struct argv_array prune
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
41 static struct argv_array rerere
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
45 static void remove_pidfile(void)
51 static void remove_pidfile_on_signal(int signo
)
58 static void gc_config(void)
62 if (!git_config_get_value("gc.packrefs", &value
)) {
63 if (value
&& !strcmp(value
, "notbare"))
66 pack_refs
= git_config_bool("gc.packrefs", value
);
69 git_config_get_int("gc.aggressivewindow", &aggressive_window
);
70 git_config_get_int("gc.aggressivedepth", &aggressive_depth
);
71 git_config_get_int("gc.auto", &gc_auto_threshold
);
72 git_config_get_int("gc.autopacklimit", &gc_auto_pack_limit
);
73 git_config_get_bool("gc.autodetach", &detach_auto
);
75 if (!git_config_get_string_const("gc.pruneexpire", &prune_expire
)) {
76 if (strcmp(prune_expire
, "now")) {
77 unsigned long now
= approxidate("now");
78 if (approxidate(prune_expire
) >= now
) {
79 git_die_config("gc.pruneexpire", _("Invalid gc.pruneexpire: '%s'"),
84 git_config(git_default_config
, NULL
);
87 static int too_many_loose_objects(void)
90 * Quickly check if a "gc" is needed, by estimating how
91 * many loose objects there are. Because SHA-1 is evenly
92 * distributed, we can check only one and get a reasonable
96 const char *objdir
= get_object_directory();
103 if (gc_auto_threshold
<= 0)
106 if (sizeof(path
) <= snprintf(path
, sizeof(path
), "%s/17", objdir
)) {
107 warning(_("insanely long object directory %.*s"), 50, objdir
);
114 auto_threshold
= (gc_auto_threshold
+ 255) / 256;
115 while ((ent
= readdir(dir
)) != NULL
) {
116 if (strspn(ent
->d_name
, "0123456789abcdef") != 38 ||
117 ent
->d_name
[38] != '\0')
119 if (++num_loose
> auto_threshold
) {
128 static int too_many_packs(void)
130 struct packed_git
*p
;
133 if (gc_auto_pack_limit
<= 0)
136 prepare_packed_git();
137 for (cnt
= 0, p
= packed_git
; p
; p
= p
->next
) {
143 * Perhaps check the size of the pack and count only
144 * very small ones here?
148 return gc_auto_pack_limit
<= cnt
;
151 static void add_repack_all_option(void)
153 if (prune_expire
&& !strcmp(prune_expire
, "now"))
154 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-a");
156 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-A");
158 argv_array_pushf(&repack
, "--unpack-unreachable=%s", prune_expire
);
162 static int need_to_gc(void)
165 * Setting gc.auto to 0 or negative can disable the
168 if (gc_auto_threshold
<= 0)
172 * If there are too many loose objects, but not too many
173 * packs, we run "repack -d -l". If there are too many packs,
174 * we run "repack -A -d -l". Otherwise we tell the caller
177 if (too_many_packs())
178 add_repack_all_option();
179 else if (!too_many_loose_objects())
182 if (run_hook_le(NULL
, "pre-auto-gc", NULL
))
187 /* return NULL on success, else hostname running the gc */
188 static const char *lock_repo_for_gc(int force
, pid_t
* ret_pid
)
190 static struct lock_file lock
;
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 static char locking_host
[128];
210 fp
= fopen(git_path("gc.pid"), "r");
211 memset(locking_host
, 0, sizeof(locking_host
));
214 !fstat(fileno(fp
), &st
) &&
216 * 12 hour limit is very generous as gc should
217 * never take that long. On the other hand we
218 * don't really need a strict limit here,
219 * running gc --auto one day late is not a big
220 * problem. --force can be used in manual gc
221 * after the user verifies that no gc is
224 time(NULL
) - st
.st_mtime
<= 12 * 3600 &&
225 fscanf(fp
, "%"PRIuMAX
" %127c", &pid
, locking_host
) == 2 &&
226 /* be gentle to concurrent "gc" on remote hosts */
227 (strcmp(locking_host
, my_host
) || !kill(pid
, 0) || errno
== EPERM
);
232 rollback_lock_file(&lock
);
238 strbuf_addf(&sb
, "%"PRIuMAX
" %s",
239 (uintmax_t) getpid(), my_host
);
240 write_in_full(fd
, sb
.buf
, sb
.len
);
242 commit_lock_file(&lock
);
244 pidfile
= git_pathdup("gc.pid");
245 sigchain_push_common(remove_pidfile_on_signal
);
246 atexit(remove_pidfile
);
251 static int gc_before_repack(void)
253 if (pack_refs
&& run_command_v_opt(pack_refs_cmd
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
254 return error(FAILED_RUN
, pack_refs_cmd
.argv
[0]);
256 if (prune_reflogs
&& run_command_v_opt(reflog
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
257 return error(FAILED_RUN
, reflog
.argv
[0]);
264 int cmd_gc(int argc
, const char **argv
, const char *prefix
)
273 struct option builtin_gc_options
[] = {
274 OPT__QUIET(&quiet
, N_("suppress progress reporting")),
275 { OPTION_STRING
, 0, "prune", &prune_expire
, N_("date"),
276 N_("prune unreferenced objects"),
277 PARSE_OPT_OPTARG
, NULL
, (intptr_t)prune_expire
},
278 OPT_BOOL(0, "aggressive", &aggressive
, N_("be more thorough (increased runtime)")),
279 OPT_BOOL(0, "auto", &auto_gc
, N_("enable auto-gc mode")),
280 OPT_BOOL(0, "force", &force
, N_("force running gc even if there may be another gc running")),
284 if (argc
== 2 && !strcmp(argv
[1], "-h"))
285 usage_with_options(builtin_gc_usage
, builtin_gc_options
);
287 argv_array_pushl(&pack_refs_cmd
, "pack-refs", "--all", "--prune", NULL
);
288 argv_array_pushl(&reflog
, "reflog", "expire", "--all", NULL
);
289 argv_array_pushl(&repack
, "repack", "-d", "-l", NULL
);
290 argv_array_pushl(&prune
, "prune", "--expire", NULL
);
291 argv_array_pushl(&rerere
, "rerere", "gc", NULL
);
296 pack_refs
= !is_bare_repository();
298 argc
= parse_options(argc
, argv
, prefix
, builtin_gc_options
,
299 builtin_gc_usage
, 0);
301 usage_with_options(builtin_gc_usage
, builtin_gc_options
);
304 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-f");
305 if (aggressive_depth
> 0)
306 argv_array_pushf(&repack
, "--depth=%d", aggressive_depth
);
307 if (aggressive_window
> 0)
308 argv_array_pushf(&repack
, "--window=%d", aggressive_window
);
311 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-q");
315 * Auto-gc should be least intrusive as possible.
321 fprintf(stderr
, _("Auto packing the repository in background for optimum performance.\n"));
323 fprintf(stderr
, _("Auto packing the repository for optimum performance.\n"));
324 fprintf(stderr
, _("See \"git help gc\" for manual housekeeping.\n"));
327 if (gc_before_repack())
330 * failure to daemonize is ok, we'll continue
336 add_repack_all_option();
338 name
= lock_repo_for_gc(force
, &pid
);
341 return 0; /* be quiet on --auto */
342 die(_("gc is already running on machine '%s' pid %"PRIuMAX
" (use --force if not)"),
343 name
, (uintmax_t)pid
);
346 if (gc_before_repack())
349 if (run_command_v_opt(repack
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
350 return error(FAILED_RUN
, repack
.argv
[0]);
353 argv_array_push(&prune
, prune_expire
);
355 argv_array_push(&prune
, "--no-progress");
356 if (run_command_v_opt(prune
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
357 return error(FAILED_RUN
, prune
.argv
[0]);
360 if (run_command_v_opt(rerere
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
361 return error(FAILED_RUN
, rerere
.argv
[0]);
363 if (auto_gc
&& too_many_loose_objects())
364 warning(_("There are too many unreachable loose objects; "
365 "run 'git prune' to remove them."));