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Derrick Stolee 5f711504d9 repack: add --path-walk option
Since 'git pack-objects' supports a --path-walk option, allow passing it
through in 'git repack'. This presents interesting testing opportunities for
comparing the different repacking strategies against each other.

Add the --path-walk option to the performance tests in p5313.

For the microsoft/fluentui repo [1] checked out at a specific commit [2],
the --path-walk tests in p5313 look like this:

Test                                                     this tree
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
5313.18: thin pack with --path-walk                      0.08(0.06+0.02)
5313.19: thin pack size with --path-walk                           18.4K
5313.20: big pack with --path-walk                       2.10(7.80+0.26)
5313.21: big pack size with --path-walk                            19.8M
5313.22: shallow fetch pack with --path-walk             1.62(3.38+0.17)
5313.23: shallow pack size with --path-walk                        33.6M
5313.24: repack with --path-walk                         81.29(96.08+0.71)
5313.25: repack size with --path-walk                             142.5M

[1] https://github.com/microsoft/fluentui
[2] e70848ebac1cd720875bccaa3026f4a9ed700e08

Along with the earlier tests in p5313, I'll instead reformat the
comparison as follows:

Repack Method    Pack Size       Time
---------------------------------------
Hash v1             439.4M      87.24s
Hash v2             161.7M      21.51s
Path Walk           142.5M      81.29s

There are a few things to notice here:

 1. The benefits of --name-hash-version=2 over --name-hash-version=1 are
    significant, but --path-walk still compresses better than that
    option.

 2. The --path-walk command is still using --name-hash-version=1 for the
    second pass of delta computation, using the increased name hash
    collisions as a potential method for opportunistic compression on
    top of the path-focused compression.

 3. The --path-walk algorithm is currently sequential and does not use
    multiple threads for delta compression. Threading will be
    implemented in a future change so the computation time will improve
    to better compete in this metric.

There are small benefits in size for my copy of the Git repository:

Repack Method    Pack Size       Time
---------------------------------------
Hash v1             248.8M      30.44s
Hash v2             249.0M      30.15s
Path Walk           213.2M     142.50s

As well as in the nodejs/node repository [3]:

Repack Method    Pack Size       Time
---------------------------------------
Hash v1             739.9M      71.18s
Hash v2             764.6M      67.82s
Path Walk           698.1M     208.10s

[3] https://github.com/nodejs/node

This benefit also repeats in my copy of the Linux kernel repository:

Repack Method    Pack Size       Time
---------------------------------------
Hash v1               2.5G     554.41s
Hash v2               2.5G     549.62s
Path Walk             2.2G    1562.36s

It is important to see that even when the repository shape does not have
many name-hash collisions, there is a slight space boost to be found
using this method.

As this repacking strategy was released in Git for Windows 2.47.0, some
users have reported cases where the --path-walk compression is slightly
worse than the --name-hash-version=2 option. In those cases, it may be
beneficial to combine the two options. However, there has not been a
released version of Git that has both options and I don't have access to
these repos for testing.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2025-05-16 12:15:39 -07:00
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run-command.c
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sane-ctype.h
scalar.c Merge branch 'ps/leakfixes-0129' 2025-02-06 14:56:45 -08:00
send-pack.c send-pack: gracefully close the connection for atomic push 2025-02-03 15:24:58 -08:00
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sequencer.c rebase -i: reword empty commit after fast-forward 2025-02-11 09:50:53 -08:00
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setup.c Merge branch 'tz/doc-txt-to-adoc-fixes' 2025-03-06 14:06:31 -08:00
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shallow.h
shared.mak
shell.c
shortlog.h
sideband.c
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sigchain.c
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sparse-index.c
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split-index.c
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statinfo.c
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strbuf.c
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streaming.c
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strmap.c
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strvec.c
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sub-process.c
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submodule-config.c
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symlinks.c
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tag.c
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tar.h
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thread-utils.c
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trailer.c
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transport-helper.c
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transport.c Merge branch 'ps/send-pack-unhide-error-in-atomic-push' 2025-02-18 15:30:32 -08:00
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tree-diff.c
tree-walk.c
tree-walk.h
tree.c
tree.h
unicode-width.h
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unix-socket.c Merge branch 'ps/leakfixes-0129' 2025-02-06 14:56:45 -08:00
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unix-stream-server.c
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unpack-trees.h
upload-pack.c Add 'promisor-remote' capability to protocol v2 2025-02-18 11:05:37 -08:00
upload-pack.h
url.c
url.h
urlmatch.c
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usage.c
userdiff.c
userdiff.h
utf8.c
utf8.h
varint.c
varint.h
version-def.h.in
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version.h agent: advertise OS name via agent capability 2025-02-19 09:48:37 -08:00
versioncmp.c
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walker.c
walker.h
wildmatch.c
wildmatch.h
worktree.c Merge branch 'ps/path-sans-the-repository' 2025-03-05 10:37:43 -08:00
worktree.h worktree: return allocated string from `get_worktree_git_dir()` 2025-02-07 09:59:23 -08:00
wrapper.c
wrapper.h
write-or-die.c
write-or-die.h
ws.c
ws.h
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Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.

Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.

See Documentation/gittutorial.adoc to get started, then see Documentation/giteveryday.adoc for a useful minimum set of commands, and Documentation/git-<commandname>.adoc for documentation of each command. If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.

CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.adoc (man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is installed).

The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission and Documentation/CodingGuidelines).

Those wishing to help with error message, usage and informational message string translations (localization l10) should see po/README.md (a po file is a Portable Object file that holds the translations).

To subscribe to the list, send an email to git+subscribe@vger.kernel.org (see https://subspace.kernel.org/subscribing.html for details). The mailing list archives are available at https://lore.kernel.org/git/, https://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.

Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.

The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.

The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):

  • random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
  • stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
  • "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
  • "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks