3 test_description='pack-objects breaks long cross-pack delta chains'
6 # This mirrors a repeated push setup:
8 # 1. A client repeatedly modifies some files, makes a
9 # commit, and pushes the result. It does this N times
10 # before we get around to repacking.
12 # 2. Each push generates a thin pack with the new version of
13 # various objects. Let's consider some file in the root tree
14 # which is updated in each commit.
16 # When generating push number X, we feed commit X-1 (and
17 # thus blob X-1) as a preferred base. The resulting pack has
18 # blob X as a thin delta against blob X-1.
20 # On the receiving end, "index-pack --fix-thin" will
21 # complete the pack with a base copy of blob X-1.
23 # 3. In older versions of git, if we used the delta from
24 # pack X, then we'd always find blob X-1 as a base in the
25 # same pack (and generate a fresh delta).
27 # But with the pack mru, we jump from delta to delta
28 # following the traversal order:
30 # a. We grab blob X from pack X as a delta, putting it at
31 # the tip of our mru list.
33 # b. Eventually we move onto commit X-1. We need other
34 # objects which are only in pack X-1 (in the test code
35 # below, it's the containing tree). That puts pack X-1
36 # at the tip of our mru list.
38 # c. Eventually we look for blob X-1, and we find the
39 # version in pack X-1 (because it's the mru tip).
41 # Now we have blob X as a delta against X-1, which is a delta
42 # against X-2, and so forth.
44 # In the real world, these small pushes would get exploded by
45 # unpack-objects rather than "index-pack --fix-thin", but the
46 # same principle applies to larger pushes (they only need one
47 # repeatedly-modified file to generate the delta chain).
49 test_expect_success 'create series of packs' '
50 test-tool genrandom foo 4096 >content &&
52 for i in $(test_seq 1 10)
58 cur=$(git rev-parse HEAD^{tree}) &&
60 test -n "$prev" && echo "-$prev"
62 echo "$(git rev-parse :file) file"
63 } | git pack-objects --stdout >tmp &&
64 git index-pack --stdin --fix-thin <tmp || return 1
70 git index-pack --verify-stat-only "$1" >output &&
72 /chain length = (\d+)/ and $len = $1;
77 # Note that this whole setup is pretty reliant on the current
78 # packing heuristics. We double-check that our test case
79 # actually produces a long chain. If it doesn't, it should be
80 # adjusted (or scrapped if the heuristics have become too unreliable)
81 test_expect_success 'packing produces a long delta' '
82 # Use --window=0 to make sure we are seeing reused deltas,
83 # not computing a new long chain.
84 pack=$(git pack-objects --all --window=0 </dev/null pack) &&
86 max_chain pack-$pack.pack >actual &&
87 test_i18ncmp expect actual
90 test_expect_success '--depth limits depth' '
91 pack=$(git pack-objects --all --depth=5 </dev/null pack) &&
93 max_chain pack-$pack.pack >actual &&
94 test_i18ncmp expect actual