X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/0a110ca3e07abd2c954a490da483a32ee1f1a97b..bb80c15b72122649a98663c13af1e114370efd87:/doc/todo/headless_git_branches.mdwn diff --git a/doc/todo/headless_git_branches.mdwn b/doc/todo/headless_git_branches.mdwn index 280405730..bedf21d0c 100644 --- a/doc/todo/headless_git_branches.mdwn +++ b/doc/todo/headless_git_branches.mdwn @@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Ikiwiki should really survive being asked to work with a git branch that has no git clone barerepo.git srcdir ikiwiki --rcs=git srcdir destdir -I've fixed this initial construction case, and, based on my testing, I've also fixed the post-update executing on a new master, and ikiwiki.cgi executing on a non-existent master cases. +I've fixed this initial construction case, and, based on my testing, I've +also fixed the post-update executing on a new master, and ikiwiki.cgi +executing on a non-existent master cases. Please commit so my users stop whining at me about having clean branches to push to, the big babies. @@ -14,30 +16,38 @@ Summary: Change three scary loud failure cases related to empty branches into th [[!tag patch]] +> FWIW, [[The_TOVA_Company]] apparently wants this feature (and I hope +> I don't mind that I mention they were willing to pay someone for it, +> but I told them I'd not done any of the work. :) ) +> +> Code review follows, per hunk.. --[[Joey]] +
 diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/git.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/git.pm
-index cf7fbe9..a1b5ed3 100644
+index cf7fbe9..e5bafcf 100644
 --- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/git.pm
 +++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/git.pm
-@@ -439,17 +439,20 @@ sub git_commit_info ($;$) {
+@@ -439,17 +439,21 @@ sub git_commit_info ($;$) {
  
  	my @opts;
  	push @opts, "--max-count=$num" if defined $num;
-+	my @raw_lines;
-+	my @ci;
- 
+-
 -	my @raw_lines = run_or_die('git', 'log', @opts,
 -		'--pretty=raw', '--raw', '--abbrev=40', '--always', '-c',
 -		'-r', $sha1, '--', '.');
-+	if (-e $config{srcdir} . '/.git/refs/heads/' . $config{gitmaster_branch}) {
-+		@raw_lines = run_or_die('git', 'log', @opts,
-+			'--pretty=raw', '--raw', '--abbrev=40', '--always', '-c',
-+			'-r', $sha1, '--', '.');
- 
--	my @ci;
+-
++	my @raw_lines;
+ 	my @ci;
 -	while (my $parsed = parse_diff_tree(\@raw_lines)) {
 -		push @ci, $parsed;
 -	}
++        
++	# Test to see if branch actually exists yet.
++	if (run_or_non('git', 'show-ref', '--quiet', '--verify', '--', 'refs/heads/' . $config{gitmaster_branch}) ) {
++		@raw_lines = run_or_die('git', 'log', @opts,
++			'--pretty=raw', '--raw', '--abbrev=40', '--always', '-c',
++			'-r', $sha1, '--', '.');
++
 +		while (my $parsed = parse_diff_tree(\@raw_lines)) {
 +			push @ci, $parsed;
 +		}
@@ -48,19 +58,48 @@ index cf7fbe9..a1b5ed3 100644
  
  	return wantarray ? @ci : $ci[0];
  }
-@@ -474,7 +477,10 @@ sub rcs_update () {
+
+ +My concern is that this adds a bit of slowdown (git show-ref is fast, but +It's still extra work) to a very hot code path that is run to eg, +update recentchanges after every change. + +Seems not ideal to do extra work every time to handle a case +that will literally happen a maximum of once in the entire lifecycle of a +wiki (and zero times more typically, since the setup automator puts in a +.gitignore file that works around this problem). + +So as to not just say "no" ... what if it always tried to run git log, +and if it failed (or returned no parsed lines), then it could look +at git show-ref to deduce whether to throw an error or not. +--[[Joey]] + +> Ah, but then git-log would still complain "bad revision 'HEAD'" +> --[[Joey]] + +
+@@ -474,7 +478,10 @@ sub rcs_update () {
  	# Update working directory.
  
  	if (length $config{gitorigin_branch}) {
 -		run_or_cry('git', 'pull', '--prune', $config{gitorigin_branch});
 +		run_or_cry('git', 'fetch', '--prune', $config{gitorigin_branch});
-+		if (-e $config{srcdir} . '/.git/refs/remotes/' . $config{gitorigin_branch} . '/' . $config{gitmaster_branch}) {
++		if (run_or_non('git', 'show-ref', '--quiet', '--verify', '--', 'refs/remotes/' . $config{gitorigin_branch} . '/' . $config{gitmaster_branch}) ) {
 +			run_or_cry('git', 'merge', $config{gitorigin_branch} . '/' . $config{gitmaster_branch});
 +		}
  	}
  }
- 
-@@ -559,7 +565,7 @@ sub rcs_commit_helper (@) {
+
+
+ +Same concern here about extra work. Code path is nearly as hot, being +called on every refresh. Probably could be dealt with similarly as above. + +Also, is there any point in breaking the pull up into a +fetch followed by a merge? --[[Joey]] + +
+@@ -559,7 +566,7 @@ sub rcs_commit_helper (@) {
  	# So we should ignore its exit status (hence run_or_non).
  	if (run_or_non('git', 'commit', '-m', $params{message}, '-q', @opts)) {
  		if (length $config{gitorigin_branch}) {
@@ -70,3 +109,5 @@ index cf7fbe9..a1b5ed3 100644
  	}
  	
 
+ +This seems fine to apply. --[[Joey]]