Re: [PATCH] Import.pm: When purging replace a purged file with a zero length file

[Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>]

"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com> wrote:
> 
> This ensures that the number of added files remains the same and thus
> the article numbers derived from a repository will remain the same.
> 
> I think this is the last place in public-inbox that has to be tweaked to
> guarantee the generated article number will remain the same in an public
> inbox archive.

OK, definitely desirable.

> Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
> ---
>  lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
> index bfa7a8053297..3df7d98f298b 100644
> --- a/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
> +++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
> @@ -519,11 +519,12 @@ sub purge_oids {
>  			push @buf, $buf;
>  		} elsif (/^M 100644 ([a-f0-9]+) (\w+)/) {
>  			my ($oid, $path) = ($1, $2);
> +			$tree->{$path} = 1;
>  			if ($purge->{$oid}) {
>  				push @oids, $oid;
> -				delete $tree->{$path};
> +				my $cmd = "M 100644 inline $path\ndata 0\n\n";
> +				push @buf, $cmd;
>  			} else {
> -				$tree->{$path} = 1;
>  				push @buf, $_;
>  			}
>  		} elsif (/^D (\w+)/) {
> -- 

OK.  I haven't checked, but is the indexing/re-indexing code
able to deal with zero-byte messages?  Thanks.