diff --git a/Documentation/git-clone.txt b/Documentation/git-clone.txt index 8577480074..86eb4c9368 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-clone.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-clone.txt @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS 'git clone' [--template=] [-l] [-s] [--no-hardlinks] [-q] [-n] [--bare] [--mirror] [-o ] [-b ] [-u ] [--reference ] + [--separate-git-dir|-L ] [--depth ] [--recursive|--recurse-submodules] [--] [] @@ -176,6 +177,15 @@ objects from the source repository into a pack in the cloned repository. repository does not have a worktree/checkout (i.e. if any of `--no-checkout`/`-n`, `--bare`, or `--mirror` is given) +-L=:: +--separate-git-dir=:: + Instead of placing the cloned repository where it is supposed + to be, place the cloned repository at the specified directory, + then make a filesytem-agnostic git symbolic link to there. + The result is git repository can be separated from working + tree. + + :: The (possibly remote) repository to clone from. See the <> section below for more information on specifying diff --git a/Documentation/git-init.txt b/Documentation/git-init.txt index 0a4a20e185..58cd01145a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-init.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-init.txt @@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ git-init - Create an empty git repository or reinitialize an existing one SYNOPSIS -------- -'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=] [--shared[=]] [directory] +'git init' [-q | --quiet] [--bare] [--template=] + [--separate-git-dir|-L ] + [--shared[=]] [directory] DESCRIPTION @@ -29,7 +31,8 @@ directory is used. Running 'git init' in an existing repository is safe. It will not overwrite things that are already there. The primary reason for -rerunning 'git init' is to pick up newly added templates. +rerunning 'git init' is to pick up newly added templates (or to move +the repository to another place if --separate-git-dir is given). OPTIONS ------- @@ -51,6 +54,16 @@ current working directory. Specify the directory from which templates will be used. (See the "TEMPLATE DIRECTORY" section below.) +-L=:: +--separate-git-dir=:: + +Instead of initializing the repository where it is supposed to be, +place a filesytem-agnostic git symbolic link there, pointing to the +specified git path, and initialize a git repository at the path. The +result is git repository can be separated from working tree. If this +is reinitialization, the repository will be moved to the specified +path. + --shared[=(false|true|umask|group|all|world|everybody|0xxx)]:: Specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users. This diff --git a/builtin/clone.c b/builtin/clone.c index 404f589680..097beca3ab 100644 --- a/builtin/clone.c +++ b/builtin/clone.c @@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static int option_local, option_no_hardlinks, option_shared, option_recursive; static char *option_template, *option_reference, *option_depth; static char *option_origin = NULL; static char *option_branch = NULL; +static const char *real_git_dir; static char *option_upload_pack = "git-upload-pack"; static int option_verbosity; static int option_progress; @@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ static struct option builtin_clone_options[] = { "path to git-upload-pack on the remote"), OPT_STRING(0, "depth", &option_depth, "depth", "create a shallow clone of that depth"), + OPT_STRING('L', "separate-git-dir", &real_git_dir, "gitdir", + "separate git dir from working tree"), OPT_END() }; @@ -466,7 +469,10 @@ int cmd_clone(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) if (safe_create_leading_directories_const(git_dir) < 0) die("could not create leading directories of '%s'", git_dir); - set_git_dir(real_path(git_dir)); + + set_git_dir_init(git_dir, real_git_dir, 0); + if (real_git_dir) + git_dir = real_git_dir; if (0 <= option_verbosity) printf("Cloning into %s%s...\n", diff --git a/builtin/init-db.c b/builtin/init-db.c index 8f5cfd7122..8879399232 100644 --- a/builtin/init-db.c +++ b/builtin/init-db.c @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ static int init_is_bare_repository = 0; static int init_shared_repository = -1; static const char *init_db_template_dir; +static const char *git_link; static void safe_create_dir(const char *dir, int share) { @@ -311,11 +312,67 @@ static void create_object_directory(void) free(path); } +int set_git_dir_init(const char *git_dir, const char *real_git_dir, + int exist_ok) +{ + if (real_git_dir) { + struct stat st; + + if (!exist_ok && !stat(git_dir, &st)) + die("%s already exists", git_dir); + + if (!exist_ok && !stat(real_git_dir, &st)) + die("%s already exists", real_git_dir); + + /* + * make sure symlinks are resolved because we'll be + * moving the target repo later on in separate_git_dir() + */ + git_link = xstrdup(real_path(git_dir)); + } + else { + real_git_dir = real_path(git_dir); + git_link = NULL; + } + set_git_dir(real_path(real_git_dir)); + return 0; +} + +static void separate_git_dir(const char *git_dir) +{ + struct stat st; + FILE *fp; + + if (!stat(git_link, &st)) { + const char *src; + + if (S_ISREG(st.st_mode)) + src = read_gitfile_gently(git_link); + else if (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) + src = git_link; + else + die("unable to handle file type %d", st.st_mode); + + if (rename(src, git_dir)) + die_errno("unable to move %s to %s", src, git_dir); + } + + fp = fopen(git_link, "w"); + if (!fp) + die("Could not create git link %s", git_link); + fprintf(fp, "gitdir: %s\n", git_dir); + fclose(fp); +} + int init_db(const char *template_dir, unsigned int flags) { int reinit; + const char *git_dir = get_git_dir(); - safe_create_dir(get_git_dir(), 0); + if (git_link) + separate_git_dir(git_dir); + + safe_create_dir(git_dir, 0); init_is_bare_repository = is_bare_repository(); @@ -352,7 +409,6 @@ int init_db(const char *template_dir, unsigned int flags) } if (!(flags & INIT_DB_QUIET)) { - const char *git_dir = get_git_dir(); int len = strlen(git_dir); printf("%s%s Git repository in %s%s\n", reinit ? "Reinitialized existing" : "Initialized empty", @@ -414,6 +470,7 @@ static const char *const init_db_usage[] = { int cmd_init_db(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) { const char *git_dir; + const char *real_git_dir = NULL; const char *work_tree; const char *template_dir = NULL; unsigned int flags = 0; @@ -427,11 +484,16 @@ int cmd_init_db(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) "specify that the git repository is to be shared amongst several users", PARSE_OPT_OPTARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, shared_callback, 0}, OPT_BIT('q', "quiet", &flags, "be quiet", INIT_DB_QUIET), + OPT_STRING('L', "separate-git-dir", &real_git_dir, "gitdir", + "separate git dir from working tree"), OPT_END() }; argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, init_db_options, init_db_usage, 0); + if (real_git_dir && !is_absolute_path(real_git_dir)) + real_git_dir = xstrdup(real_path(real_git_dir)); + if (argc == 1) { int mkdir_tried = 0; retry: @@ -522,7 +584,7 @@ int cmd_init_db(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) set_git_work_tree(real_path(work_tree)); } - set_git_dir(real_path(git_dir)); + set_git_dir_init(git_dir, real_git_dir, 1); return init_db(template_dir, flags); } diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h index a99fd560e9..0b99487caf 100644 --- a/cache.h +++ b/cache.h @@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ extern void verify_non_filename(const char *prefix, const char *name); #define INIT_DB_QUIET 0x0001 +extern int set_git_dir_init(const char *git_dir, const char *real_git_dir, int); extern int init_db(const char *template_dir, unsigned int flags); #define alloc_nr(x) (((x)+16)*3/2) diff --git a/t/t0001-init.sh b/t/t0001-init.sh index f684993211..b2e6919da1 100755 --- a/t/t0001-init.sh +++ b/t/t0001-init.sh @@ -374,4 +374,50 @@ test_expect_success 'init prefers command line to GIT_DIR' ' ! test -d otherdir/refs ' +test_expect_success 'init with separate gitdir' ' + rm -rf newdir && + git init --separate-git-dir realgitdir newdir && + echo "gitdir: `pwd`/realgitdir" >expected && + test_cmp expected newdir/.git && + test -d realgitdir/refs +' + +test_expect_success 're-init to update git link' ' + ( + cd newdir && + git init --separate-git-dir ../surrealgitdir + ) && + echo "gitdir: `pwd`/surrealgitdir" >expected && + test_cmp expected newdir/.git && + test -d surrealgitdir/refs && + ! test -d realgitdir/refs +' + +test_expect_success 're-init to move gitdir' ' + rm -rf newdir realgitdir surrealgitdir && + git init newdir && + ( + cd newdir && + git init --separate-git-dir ../realgitdir + ) && + echo "gitdir: `pwd`/realgitdir" >expected && + test_cmp expected newdir/.git && + test -d realgitdir/refs +' + +test_expect_success 're-init to move gitdir symlink' ' + rm -rf newdir realgitdir && + git init newdir && + ( + cd newdir && + mv .git here && + ln -s here .git && + git init -L ../realgitdir + ) && + echo "gitdir: `pwd`/realgitdir" >expected && + test_cmp expected newdir/.git && + test -d realgitdir/refs && + ! test -d newdir/here +' + test_done diff --git a/t/t5601-clone.sh b/t/t5601-clone.sh index 987e0c8463..c467b6797e 100755 --- a/t/t5601-clone.sh +++ b/t/t5601-clone.sh @@ -192,4 +192,17 @@ test_expect_success 'do not respect url-encoding of non-url path' ' git clone x+y xy-regular ' +test_expect_success 'clone separate gitdir' ' + rm -rf dst && + git clone --separate-git-dir realgitdir src dst && + echo "gitdir: `pwd`/realgitdir" >expected && + test_cmp expected dst/.git && + test -d realgitdir/refs +' + +test_expect_success 'clone separate gitdir where target already exists' ' + rm -rf dst && + test_must_fail git clone --separate-git-dir realgitdir src dst +' + test_done