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"
17 #include "argv-array.h"
19 #define FAILED_RUN "failed to run %s"
21 static const char * const builtin_gc_usage
[] = {
22 N_("git gc [options]"),
26 static int pack_refs
= 1;
27 static int aggressive_window
= 250;
28 static int gc_auto_threshold
= 6700;
29 static int gc_auto_pack_limit
= 50;
30 static const char *prune_expire
= "2.weeks.ago";
32 static struct argv_array pack_refs_cmd
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
33 static struct argv_array reflog
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
34 static struct argv_array repack
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
35 static struct argv_array prune
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
36 static struct argv_array rerere
= ARGV_ARRAY_INIT
;
38 static int gc_config(const char *var
, const char *value
, void *cb
)
40 if (!strcmp(var
, "gc.packrefs")) {
41 if (value
&& !strcmp(value
, "notbare"))
44 pack_refs
= git_config_bool(var
, value
);
47 if (!strcmp(var
, "gc.aggressivewindow")) {
48 aggressive_window
= git_config_int(var
, value
);
51 if (!strcmp(var
, "gc.auto")) {
52 gc_auto_threshold
= git_config_int(var
, value
);
55 if (!strcmp(var
, "gc.autopacklimit")) {
56 gc_auto_pack_limit
= git_config_int(var
, value
);
59 if (!strcmp(var
, "gc.pruneexpire")) {
60 if (value
&& strcmp(value
, "now")) {
61 unsigned long now
= approxidate("now");
62 if (approxidate(value
) >= now
)
63 return error(_("Invalid %s: '%s'"), var
, value
);
65 return git_config_string(&prune_expire
, var
, value
);
67 return git_default_config(var
, value
, cb
);
70 static int too_many_loose_objects(void)
73 * Quickly check if a "gc" is needed, by estimating how
74 * many loose objects there are. Because SHA-1 is evenly
75 * distributed, we can check only one and get a reasonable
79 const char *objdir
= get_object_directory();
86 if (gc_auto_threshold
<= 0)
89 if (sizeof(path
) <= snprintf(path
, sizeof(path
), "%s/17", objdir
)) {
90 warning(_("insanely long object directory %.*s"), 50, objdir
);
97 auto_threshold
= (gc_auto_threshold
+ 255) / 256;
98 while ((ent
= readdir(dir
)) != NULL
) {
99 if (strspn(ent
->d_name
, "0123456789abcdef") != 38 ||
100 ent
->d_name
[38] != '\0')
102 if (++num_loose
> auto_threshold
) {
111 static int too_many_packs(void)
113 struct packed_git
*p
;
116 if (gc_auto_pack_limit
<= 0)
119 prepare_packed_git();
120 for (cnt
= 0, p
= packed_git
; p
; p
= p
->next
) {
126 * Perhaps check the size of the pack and count only
127 * very small ones here?
131 return gc_auto_pack_limit
<= cnt
;
134 static void add_repack_all_option(void)
136 if (prune_expire
&& !strcmp(prune_expire
, "now"))
137 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-a");
139 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-A");
141 argv_array_pushf(&repack
, "--unpack-unreachable=%s", prune_expire
);
145 static int need_to_gc(void)
148 * Setting gc.auto to 0 or negative can disable the
151 if (gc_auto_threshold
<= 0)
155 * If there are too many loose objects, but not too many
156 * packs, we run "repack -d -l". If there are too many packs,
157 * we run "repack -A -d -l". Otherwise we tell the caller
160 if (too_many_packs())
161 add_repack_all_option();
162 else if (!too_many_loose_objects())
165 if (run_hook(NULL
, "pre-auto-gc", NULL
))
170 /* return NULL on success, else hostname running the gc */
171 static const char *lock_repo_for_gc(int force
, pid_t
* ret_pid
)
173 static struct lock_file lock
;
174 static char locking_host
[128];
176 struct strbuf sb
= STRBUF_INIT
;
182 if (gethostname(my_host
, sizeof(my_host
)))
183 strcpy(my_host
, "unknown");
185 fd
= hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock
, git_path("gc.pid"),
188 fp
= fopen(git_path("gc.pid"), "r");
189 memset(locking_host
, 0, sizeof(locking_host
));
192 !fstat(fileno(fp
), &st
) &&
194 * 12 hour limit is very generous as gc should
195 * never take that long. On the other hand we
196 * don't really need a strict limit here,
197 * running gc --auto one day late is not a big
198 * problem. --force can be used in manual gc
199 * after the user verifies that no gc is
202 time(NULL
) - st
.st_mtime
<= 12 * 3600 &&
203 fscanf(fp
, "%"PRIuMAX
" %127c", &pid
, locking_host
) == 2 &&
204 /* be gentle to concurrent "gc" on remote hosts */
205 (strcmp(locking_host
, my_host
) || !kill(pid
, 0));
210 rollback_lock_file(&lock
);
216 strbuf_addf(&sb
, "%"PRIuMAX
" %s",
217 (uintmax_t) getpid(), my_host
);
218 write_in_full(fd
, sb
.buf
, sb
.len
);
220 commit_lock_file(&lock
);
225 int cmd_gc(int argc
, const char **argv
, const char *prefix
)
234 struct option builtin_gc_options
[] = {
235 OPT__QUIET(&quiet
, N_("suppress progress reporting")),
236 { OPTION_STRING
, 0, "prune", &prune_expire
, N_("date"),
237 N_("prune unreferenced objects"),
238 PARSE_OPT_OPTARG
, NULL
, (intptr_t)prune_expire
},
239 OPT_BOOL(0, "aggressive", &aggressive
, N_("be more thorough (increased runtime)")),
240 OPT_BOOL(0, "auto", &auto_gc
, N_("enable auto-gc mode")),
241 OPT_BOOL(0, "force", &force
, N_("force running gc even if there may be another gc running")),
245 if (argc
== 2 && !strcmp(argv
[1], "-h"))
246 usage_with_options(builtin_gc_usage
, builtin_gc_options
);
248 argv_array_pushl(&pack_refs_cmd
, "pack-refs", "--all", "--prune", NULL
);
249 argv_array_pushl(&reflog
, "reflog", "expire", "--all", NULL
);
250 argv_array_pushl(&repack
, "repack", "-d", "-l", NULL
);
251 argv_array_pushl(&prune
, "prune", "--expire", NULL
);
252 argv_array_pushl(&rerere
, "rerere", "gc", NULL
);
254 git_config(gc_config
, NULL
);
257 pack_refs
= !is_bare_repository();
259 argc
= parse_options(argc
, argv
, prefix
, builtin_gc_options
,
260 builtin_gc_usage
, 0);
262 usage_with_options(builtin_gc_usage
, builtin_gc_options
);
265 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-f");
266 argv_array_push(&repack
, "--depth=250");
267 if (aggressive_window
> 0)
268 argv_array_pushf(&repack
, "--window=%d", aggressive_window
);
271 argv_array_push(&repack
, "-q");
275 * Auto-gc should be least intrusive as possible.
281 _("Auto packing the repository for optimum performance. You may also\n"
282 "run \"git gc\" manually. See "
283 "\"git help gc\" for more information.\n"));
285 add_repack_all_option();
287 name
= lock_repo_for_gc(force
, &pid
);
290 return 0; /* be quiet on --auto */
291 die(_("gc is already running on machine '%s' pid %"PRIuMAX
" (use --force if not)"),
292 name
, (uintmax_t)pid
);
295 if (pack_refs
&& run_command_v_opt(pack_refs_cmd
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
296 return error(FAILED_RUN
, pack_refs_cmd
.argv
[0]);
298 if (run_command_v_opt(reflog
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
299 return error(FAILED_RUN
, reflog
.argv
[0]);
301 if (run_command_v_opt(repack
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
302 return error(FAILED_RUN
, repack
.argv
[0]);
305 argv_array_push(&prune
, prune_expire
);
307 argv_array_push(&prune
, "--no-progress");
308 if (run_command_v_opt(prune
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
309 return error(FAILED_RUN
, prune
.argv
[0]);
312 if (run_command_v_opt(rerere
.argv
, RUN_GIT_CMD
))
313 return error(FAILED_RUN
, rerere
.argv
[0]);
315 if (auto_gc
&& too_many_loose_objects())
316 warning(_("There are too many unreachable loose objects; "
317 "run 'git prune' to remove them."));