serve: advertise type capability

The server and the client can handle type requests but the client won't
ask for it until the server advertises it.

Add type to the advertised capabilities so the client knows that it can
request it.

Mentored-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Mentored-by: Chandra Pratap <chandrapratap3519@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Sabater <pabloosabaterr@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Pablo Sabater 2026-07-25 13:55:05 +02:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
parent b7bbd25d5f
commit a07e2cfbdd
2 changed files with 8 additions and 6 deletions

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@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ static int object_info_advertise(struct repository *r, struct strbuf *value)
/* disabled by default */
advertise_object_info = 0;
}
/* Currently only size is supported */
/* Currently only size and type are supported */
if (value && advertise_object_info)
strbuf_addstr(value, "size");
strbuf_addstr(value, "size type");
return advertise_object_info;
}


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@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ test_description='git cat-file --batch-command with remote-object-info command'

hello_content="Hello World"
hello_size=$(strlen "$hello_content")
hello_type="blob"
hello_oid=$(echo_without_newline "$hello_content" | git hash-object --stdin)
hello_short_oid=$(git rev-parse --short "$hello_oid")

@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ unstored_oid=$(echo_without_newline "$unstored_content" | git hash-object --stdi
# file name is hello, which is 5 characters
# a space is 1 character and a null is 1 character
tree_size=$(($(test_oid rawsz) + 13))
tree_type="tree"

commit_message="Initial commit"

@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ commit_message="Initial commit"
# An easier way to calculate is: 1. use `git cat-file commit <commit hash> | wc -c`,
# to get 177, 2. then deduct 40 hex characters to get 137
commit_size=$(($(test_oid hexsz) + 137))
commit_type="commit"

tag_header_without_oid="type blob
tag hellotag
@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ $tag_description"

tag_oid=$(echo_without_newline "$tag_content" | git hash-object -t tag --stdin -w)
tag_size=$(strlen "$tag_content")
tag_type="tag"

set_transport_variables () {
hello_oid=$(echo_without_newline "$hello_content" | git hash-object --stdin)
@ -256,14 +260,12 @@ test_expect_success 'remote-object-info does not die on missing oid like info' '
)
'

# This tests depends on %(objecttype) not being supported yet, once supported
# it needs to be updated.
test_expect_success 'unsupported placeholder on remote returns empty string' '
test_expect_success 'objecttype is supported by remote-object-info' '
(
set_transport_variables "$daemon_parent" &&
cd "$daemon_parent/daemon_client_empty" &&

echo "" >expect &&
echo $hello_type >expect &&
git cat-file --batch-command="%(objecttype)" >actual <<-EOF &&
remote-object-info "$GIT_DAEMON_URL/parent" $hello_oid
EOF