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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
To: "Garima Singh via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, stolee@gmail.com, szeder.dev@gmail.com,
	jonathantanmy@google.com, jeffhost@microsoft.com,
	me@ttaylorr.com, peff@peff.net,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	Garima Singh <garima.singh@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/9] commit-graph: add --changed-paths option to write
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 21:20:24 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86tv5f2ak7.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6bdde5e4f0ceb54546978e3e9cdde00045d45468.1576879520.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (Garima Singh via GitGitGadget's message of "Fri, 20 Dec 2019 22:05:12 +0000")

"Garima Singh via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> From: Garima Singh <garima.singh@microsoft.com>
>
> Add --changed-paths option to git commit-graph write. This option will
> soon allow users to compute bloom filters for the paths changed between
> a commit and its first significant parent, and write this information
> into the commit-graph file.

A slightly nitpicky comment.

First, I think it is "Bloom filter", not "bloom filter" (from the name
of the person that discovered them, Burton Howard Bloom).

Second, I would rather that the commit message started with at least one
sentence of describing purpose of this new option, not going straight to
the technical details (i.e. using Bloom filters).  Or in any other way
describe that this option would make Git store some helper data that
would help find out faster if a given path was changed in given commit.

> Note: This commit does not change any behavior. It only introduces
> the option and passes down the appropriate flag to the commit-graph.

All right.

Personally, I don't have strong opinion for or against separating this
change into its own patch.

> RFC Notes:
> 1. We named the option --changed-paths to capture what the option does,
>    instead of how it does it. The current implementation does this
>    using bloom filters. We believe using --changed-paths however keeps
>    the implementation open to other data structures.
>    All thoughts and suggestions for the name and this approach are
>    welcome

It is all right name.  Another option could be for example
`git commit-graph write --changeset-info`, or something like that.

>
> 2. Currently, a subsequent commit in this series will add tests that
>    exercise this option. I plan to split that test commit across the
>    series as appropriate.

There is another thing, but one that could be left for the followup
series, namely the configuration variables for this behavior.  In the
future it should be possible to switch some configuration variable to
have this feature on by default when manually or automatically running
`git commit-graph write`.

>
> Helped-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com>
> Signed-off-by: Garima Singh <garima.singh@microsoft.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt | 5 +++++
>  builtin/commit-graph.c             | 9 +++++++--
>  commit-graph.h                     | 3 ++-
>  3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
> index bcd85c1976..1efe6e5c5a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt

It is nice to have option documented.

All right, the 'write' subcommand has the following synopsis:

  'git commit-graph write' <options> [--object-dir <dir>] [--[no-]progress]

so the is no need to adjust it when adding a new option.

> @@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ or `--stdin-packs`.)
>  With the `--append` option, include all commits that are present in the
>  existing commit-graph file.
>  +
> +With the `--changed-paths` option, compute and write information about the
> +paths changed between a commit and it's first parent. This operation can
> +take a while on large repositories. It provides significant performance gains
> +for getting file based history logs with `git log`
       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This might be not entirely clear for someone that is not familiar with
Git jargon.  Perhaps it would better read as "for getting history of a
directory or a file with `git log <path>`", or something like that.

Side note: the sentence is missing its finishing full stop.

> ++
>  With the `--split` option, write the commit-graph as a chain of multiple
>  commit-graph files stored in `<dir>/info/commit-graphs`. The new commits
>  not already in the commit-graph are added in a new "tip" file. This file
> diff --git a/builtin/commit-graph.c b/builtin/commit-graph.c
> index e0c6fc4bbf..9bd1e11161 100644
> --- a/builtin/commit-graph.c
> +++ b/builtin/commit-graph.c
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
>  
>  static char const * const builtin_commit_graph_usage[] = {
>  	N_("git commit-graph verify [--object-dir <objdir>] [--shallow] [--[no-]progress]"),
> -	N_("git commit-graph write [--object-dir <objdir>] [--append|--split] [--reachable|--stdin-packs|--stdin-commits] [--[no-]progress] <split options>"),
> +	N_("git commit-graph write [--object-dir <objdir>] [--append|--split] [--reachable|--stdin-packs|--stdin-commits] [--changed-paths] [--[no-]progress] <split options>"),
>  	NULL
>  };
>  
> @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_commit_graph_verify_usage[] = {
>  };
>  
>  static const char * const builtin_commit_graph_write_usage[] = {
> -	N_("git commit-graph write [--object-dir <objdir>] [--append|--split] [--reachable|--stdin-packs|--stdin-commits] [--[no-]progress] <split options>"),
> +	N_("git commit-graph write [--object-dir <objdir>] [--append|--split] [--reachable|--stdin-packs|--stdin-commits] [--changed-paths] [--[no-]progress] <split options>"),
>  	NULL
>  };

I was at first wondering why the duplication (not caused by your patch,
though), and then realized that it is to have usage for command, and for
individual subcommands, separately.

> @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ static struct opts_commit_graph {
>  	int split;
>  	int shallow;
>  	int progress;
> +	int enable_bloom_filters;

Why the field is called `enable_bloom_filters`, while option is called
`--changed-paths`?  I know it is not user-visible thing, so it would be
easy to change if we ever go beyond Bloom filters, though...

So I am not against keeping it as it is currently.

>  } opts;
>  
>  static int graph_verify(int argc, const char **argv)
> @@ -110,6 +111,8 @@ static int graph_write(int argc, const char **argv)
>  			N_("start walk at commits listed by stdin")),
>  		OPT_BOOL(0, "append", &opts.append,
>  			N_("include all commits already in the commit-graph file")),
> +		OPT_BOOL(0, "changed-paths", &opts.enable_bloom_filters,
> +			N_("enable computation for changed paths")),
>  		OPT_BOOL(0, "progress", &opts.progress, N_("force progress reporting")),
>  		OPT_BOOL(0, "split", &opts.split,
>  			N_("allow writing an incremental commit-graph file")),
> @@ -143,6 +146,8 @@ static int graph_write(int argc, const char **argv)
>  		flags |= COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_SPLIT;
>  	if (opts.progress)
>  		flags |= COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_PROGRESS;
> +	if (opts.enable_bloom_filters)
> +		flags |= COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_BLOOM_FILTERS;

Minor nitpick: are we all right having this ordering of options (not for
example having opt.progress last)?

Disregarding this, it looks all right.

>  
>  	read_replace_refs = 0;
>  
> diff --git a/commit-graph.h b/commit-graph.h
> index 7f5c933fa2..952a4b83be 100644
> --- a/commit-graph.h
> +++ b/commit-graph.h
> @@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ enum commit_graph_write_flags {
>  	COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_PROGRESS   = (1 << 1),
>  	COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_SPLIT      = (1 << 2),
>  	/* Make sure that each OID in the input is a valid commit OID. */
> -	COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_CHECK_OIDS = (1 << 3)
> +	COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_CHECK_OIDS = (1 << 3),
> +	COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_BLOOM_FILTERS = (1 << 4)

I wonder if we should add comment describing the flag, like for the one
above...

>  };
>  
>  struct split_commit_graph_opts {

Best,
-- 
Jakub Narębski

  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-01 20:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 159+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-12-20 22:05 [PATCH 0/9] [RFC] Changed Paths Bloom Filters Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2019-12-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 1/9] commit-graph: add --changed-paths option to write Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-01-01 20:20   ` Jakub Narebski [this message]
2019-12-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 2/9] commit-graph: write changed paths bloom filters Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2019-12-21 16:48   ` Philip Oakley
2020-01-06 18:44   ` Jakub Narebski
2020-01-13 19:48     ` Garima Singh
2019-12-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 3/9] commit-graph: use MAX_NUM_CHUNKS Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-01-07 12:19   ` Jakub Narebski
2019-12-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 4/9] commit-graph: document bloom filter format Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-01-07 14:46   ` Jakub Narebski
2019-12-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 5/9] commit-graph: write changed path bloom filters to commit-graph file Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-01-07 16:01   ` Jakub Narebski
2020-01-14 15:14     ` Garima Singh
2019-12-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 6/9] commit-graph: test commit-graph write --changed-paths Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-01-08  0:32   ` Jakub Narebski
2019-12-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 7/9] commit-graph: reuse existing bloom filters during write Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-01-09 19:12   ` Jakub Narebski
2019-12-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 8/9] revision.c: use bloom filters to speed up path based revision walks Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-01-11  0:27   ` Jakub Narebski
2020-01-15  0:08     ` Garima Singh
2019-12-20 22:05 ` [PATCH 9/9] commit-graph: add GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_BLOOM_FILTERS test flag Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-01-11 19:56   ` Jakub Narebski
2020-01-15  0:55     ` Garima Singh
2019-12-20 22:14 ` [PATCH 0/9] [RFC] Changed Paths Bloom Filters Junio C Hamano
2019-12-22  9:26 ` Christian Couder
2019-12-22  9:38   ` Jeff King
2020-01-01 12:04     ` Jakub Narebski
2019-12-22  9:30 ` Jeff King
2019-12-22  9:32   ` [PATCH 1/3] commit-graph: examine changed-path objects in pack order Jeff King
2019-12-27 14:51     ` Derrick Stolee
2019-12-29  6:12       ` Jeff King
2019-12-29  6:28         ` Jeff King
2019-12-30 14:37         ` Derrick Stolee
2019-12-30 14:51           ` Derrick Stolee
2019-12-22  9:32   ` [PATCH 2/3] commit-graph: free large diffs, too Jeff King
2019-12-27 14:52     ` Derrick Stolee
2019-12-22  9:32   ` [PATCH 3/3] commit-graph: stop using full rev_info for diffs Jeff King
2019-12-27 14:53     ` Derrick Stolee
2019-12-26 14:21   ` [PATCH 0/9] [RFC] Changed Paths Bloom Filters Derrick Stolee
2019-12-29  6:03     ` Jeff King
2019-12-27 16:11   ` Derrick Stolee
2019-12-29  6:24     ` Jeff King
2019-12-30 16:04       ` Derrick Stolee
2019-12-30 17:02       ` Junio C Hamano
2019-12-31 16:45 ` Jakub Narebski
2020-01-13 16:54   ` Garima Singh
2020-01-20 13:48     ` Jakub Narebski
2020-01-21 16:14       ` Garima Singh
2020-02-02 18:43         ` Jakub Narebski
2020-01-21 23:40 ` Emily Shaffer
2020-01-27 18:24   ` Garima Singh
2020-02-01 23:32   ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-05 22:56 ` [PATCH v2 00/11] " Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-02-05 22:56   ` [PATCH v2 01/11] commit-graph: use MAX_NUM_CHUNKS Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-02-09 12:39     ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-05 22:56   ` [PATCH v2 02/11] bloom: core Bloom filter implementation for changed paths Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-02-15 17:17     ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-16 16:49     ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-22  0:32       ` Garima Singh
2020-02-23 13:38         ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-24 17:34           ` Garima Singh
2020-02-24 18:20             ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-05 22:56   ` [PATCH v2 03/11] diff: halt tree-diff early after max_changes Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-02-17  0:00     ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-22  0:37       ` Garima Singh
2020-02-05 22:56   ` [PATCH v2 04/11] commit-graph: compute Bloom filters for changed paths Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-02-17 21:56     ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-22  0:55       ` Garima Singh
2020-02-23 17:34         ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-05 22:56   ` [PATCH v2 05/11] commit-graph: examine changed-path objects in pack order Jeff King via GitGitGadget
2020-02-18 17:59     ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-24 18:29       ` Garima Singh
2020-02-05 22:56   ` [PATCH v2 06/11] commit-graph: examine commits by generation number Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-02-19  0:32     ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-24 20:45       ` Garima Singh
2020-02-05 22:56   ` [PATCH v2 07/11] commit-graph: write Bloom filters to commit graph file Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-02-19 15:13     ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-24 21:14       ` Garima Singh
2020-02-25 11:40         ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-25 15:58           ` Garima Singh
2020-02-05 22:56   ` [PATCH v2 08/11] commit-graph: reuse existing Bloom filters during write Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-02-20 18:48     ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-24 21:45       ` Garima Singh
2020-02-05 22:56   ` [PATCH v2 09/11] commit-graph: add --changed-paths option to write subcommand Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-02-20 20:28     ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-24 21:51       ` Garima Singh
2020-02-25 12:10         ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-20 22:10     ` Bryan Turner
2020-02-22  1:44       ` Garima Singh
2020-02-05 22:56   ` [PATCH v2 10/11] revision.c: use Bloom filters to speed up path based revision walks Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-02-21 17:31     ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-21 22:45     ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-05 22:56   ` [PATCH v2 11/11] commit-graph: add GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_CHANGED_PATHS test flag Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-02-22  0:11     ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-07 13:52   ` [PATCH v2 00/11] Changed Paths Bloom Filters SZEDER Gábor
2020-02-07 15:09     ` Garima Singh
2020-02-07 15:36       ` Derrick Stolee
2020-02-07 16:15         ` SZEDER Gábor
2020-02-07 16:33           ` Derrick Stolee
2020-02-11 19:08       ` Garima Singh
2020-02-08 23:04   ` Jakub Narebski
2020-02-21 17:41     ` Garima Singh
2020-03-29 18:36       ` Junio C Hamano
2020-03-30  0:31   ` [PATCH v3 00/16] " Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-03-30  0:31     ` [PATCH v3 01/16] commit-graph: define and use MAX_NUM_CHUNKS Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-03-30  0:31     ` [PATCH v3 02/16] bloom.c: add the murmur3 hash implementation Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-03-30  0:31     ` [PATCH v3 03/16] bloom.c: introduce core Bloom filter constructs Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-03-30  0:31     ` [PATCH v3 04/16] bloom.c: core Bloom filter implementation for changed paths Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-03-30  0:31     ` [PATCH v3 05/16] diff: halt tree-diff early after max_changes Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-03-30  0:31     ` [PATCH v3 06/16] commit-graph: compute Bloom filters for changed paths Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-03-30  0:31     ` [PATCH v3 07/16] commit-graph: examine changed-path objects in pack order Jeff King via GitGitGadget
2020-03-30  0:31     ` [PATCH v3 08/16] commit-graph: examine commits by generation number Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-03-30  0:31     ` [PATCH v3 09/16] diff: skip batch object download when possible Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-03-30  0:31     ` [PATCH v3 10/16] commit-graph: write Bloom filters to commit graph file Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-03-30  0:31     ` [PATCH v3 11/16] commit-graph: reuse existing Bloom filters during write Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-03-30  0:31     ` [PATCH v3 12/16] commit-graph: add --changed-paths option to write subcommand Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-03-30  0:31     ` [PATCH v3 13/16] revision.c: use Bloom filters to speed up path based revision walks Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-03-30  0:31     ` [PATCH v3 14/16] revision.c: add trace2 stats around Bloom filter usage Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-03-30  0:31     ` [PATCH v3 15/16] t4216: add end to end tests for git log with Bloom filters Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-03-30  0:31     ` [PATCH v3 16/16] commit-graph: add GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_CHANGED_PATHS test flag Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-04-06 16:59     ` [PATCH v4 00/15] Changed Paths Bloom Filters Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-04-06 16:59       ` [PATCH v4 01/15] commit-graph: define and use MAX_NUM_CHUNKS Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-04-06 16:59       ` [PATCH v4 02/15] bloom.c: add the murmur3 hash implementation Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-04-06 16:59       ` [PATCH v4 03/15] bloom.c: introduce core Bloom filter constructs Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-04-06 16:59       ` [PATCH v4 04/15] bloom.c: core Bloom filter implementation for changed paths Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-06-27 15:53         ` SZEDER Gábor
2020-04-06 16:59       ` [PATCH v4 05/15] diff: halt tree-diff early after max_changes Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2020-08-04 14:47         ` SZEDER Gábor
2020-08-04 16:25           ` Derrick Stolee
2020-08-04 17:00             ` SZEDER Gábor
2020-08-04 17:31               ` Derrick Stolee
2020-08-05 17:08                 ` Derrick Stolee
2020-04-06 16:59       ` [PATCH v4 06/15] commit-graph: compute Bloom filters for changed paths Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-04-06 16:59       ` [PATCH v4 07/15] commit-graph: examine changed-path objects in pack order Jeff King via GitGitGadget
2020-04-06 16:59       ` [PATCH v4 08/15] commit-graph: examine commits by generation number Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-04-06 16:59       ` [PATCH v4 09/15] commit-graph: write Bloom filters to commit graph file Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-05-29  8:57         ` SZEDER Gábor
2020-05-29 13:35           ` Derrick Stolee
2020-05-31 17:23             ` SZEDER Gábor
2020-07-09 17:00         ` [PATCH] commit-graph: fix "Writing out commit graph" progress counter SZEDER Gábor
2020-07-09 18:01           ` Derrick Stolee
2020-07-09 18:20             ` Derrick Stolee
2020-04-06 16:59       ` [PATCH v4 10/15] commit-graph: reuse existing Bloom filters during write Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-06-19 14:02         ` SZEDER Gábor
2020-06-19 19:28           ` Junio C Hamano
2020-07-27 21:33         ` SZEDER Gábor
2020-04-06 16:59       ` [PATCH v4 11/15] commit-graph: add --changed-paths option to write subcommand Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-06-07 22:21         ` SZEDER Gábor
2020-04-06 16:59       ` [PATCH v4 12/15] revision.c: use Bloom filters to speed up path based revision walks Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-06-26  6:34         ` SZEDER Gábor
2020-04-06 16:59       ` [PATCH v4 13/15] revision.c: add trace2 stats around Bloom filter usage Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-04-06 16:59       ` [PATCH v4 14/15] t4216: add end to end tests for git log with Bloom filters Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-04-06 16:59       ` [PATCH v4 15/15] commit-graph: add GIT_TEST_COMMIT_GRAPH_CHANGED_PATHS test flag Garima Singh via GitGitGadget
2020-04-08 15:51       ` [PATCH v4 00/15] Changed Paths Bloom Filters Derrick Stolee
2020-04-08 19:21         ` Junio C Hamano
2020-04-08 20:05         ` Jakub Narębski
2020-04-12 20:34         ` Taylor Blau
2020-03-05 19:49 ` [PATCH 0/9] [RFC] " Garima Singh

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