4 #include "git-compat-util.h"
6 #include "run-command.h"
9 * The sub-process API makes it possible to run background sub-processes
10 * for the entire lifetime of a Git invocation. If Git needs to communicate
11 * with an external process multiple times, then this can reduces the process
12 * invocation overhead. Git and the sub-process communicate through stdin and
15 * The sub-processes are kept in a hashmap by command name and looked up
16 * via the subprocess_find_entry function. If an existing instance can not
17 * be found then a new process should be created and started. When the
18 * parent git command terminates, all sub-processes are also terminated.
20 * This API is based on the run-command API.
25 /* Members should not be accessed directly. */
26 struct subprocess_entry {
27 struct hashmap_entry ent; /* must be the first member! */
29 struct child_process process;
32 /* subprocess functions */
34 /* Function to test two subprocess hashmap entries for equality. */
35 extern int cmd2process_cmp(const void *unused_cmp_data,
36 const struct subprocess_entry *e1,
37 const struct subprocess_entry *e2,
38 const void *unused_keydata);
41 * User-supplied function to initialize the sub-process. This is
42 * typically used to negotiate the interface version and capabilities.
44 typedef int(*subprocess_start_fn)(struct subprocess_entry *entry);
46 /* Start a subprocess and add it to the subprocess hashmap. */
47 int subprocess_start(struct hashmap *hashmap, struct subprocess_entry *entry, const char *cmd,
48 subprocess_start_fn startfn);
50 /* Kill a subprocess and remove it from the subprocess hashmap. */
51 void subprocess_stop(struct hashmap *hashmap, struct subprocess_entry *entry);
53 /* Find a subprocess in the subprocess hashmap. */
54 struct subprocess_entry *subprocess_find_entry(struct hashmap *hashmap, const char *cmd);
56 /* subprocess helper functions */
58 /* Get the underlying `struct child_process` from a subprocess. */
59 static inline struct child_process *subprocess_get_child_process(
60 struct subprocess_entry *entry)
62 return &entry->process;
66 * Helper function that will read packets looking for "status=<foo>"
67 * key/value pairs and return the value from the last "status" packet
70 int subprocess_read_status(int fd, struct strbuf *status);