3 files changed, 49 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
index c7755755..12abf399 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@ use PublicInbox::MDA;
 use POSIX qw(strftime);
 
 sub new {
+        # we can't change arg order, this is documented in POD
+        # and external projects may rely on it:
         my ($class, $git, $name, $email, $ibx) = @_;
         my $ref = 'refs/heads/master';
         if ($ibx) {
                 $ref = $ibx->{ref_head} || 'refs/heads/master';
                 $name ||= $ibx->{name};
                 $email ||= $ibx->{-primary_address};
+                $git ||= $ibx->git;
         }
         bless {
                 git => $git,
@@ -433,6 +436,16 @@ sub run_die ($;$$) {
         $? == 0 or die join(' ', @$cmd) . " failed: $?\n";
 }
 
+sub init_bare {
+        my ($dir) = @_;
+        my @cmd = (qw(git init --bare -q), $dir);
+        run_die(\@cmd);
+        # set a reasonable default:
+        @cmd = (qw/git config/, "--file=$dir/config",
+                'repack.writeBitmaps', 'true');
+        run_die(\@cmd);
+}
+
 sub done {
         my ($self) = @_;
         my $w = delete $self->{out} or return;
@@ -586,7 +599,7 @@ __END__
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-PublicInbox::Import - message importer for public-inbox
+PublicInbox::Import - message importer for public-inbox v1 inboxes
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/V1Writable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/V1Writable.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ca5db4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/V1Writable.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2019 all contributors <meta@public-inbox.org>
+# License: AGPL-3.0+ <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt>
+
+# This interface wraps PublicInbox::Import and makes it closer
+# to V2Writable
+# Used to write to V1 inboxes (see L<public-inbox-v1-format(5)>).
+package PublicInbox::V1Writable;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use base qw(PublicInbox::Import);
+use PublicInbox::InboxWritable;
+
+sub new {
+        my ($class, $ibx, $creat) = @_;
+        my $dir = $ibx->{mainrepo} or die "no mainrepo in inbox\n";
+        unless (-d $dir) {
+                if ($creat) {
+                        PublicInbox::Import::init_bare($dir);
+                } else {
+                        die "$dir does not exist\n";
+                }
+        }
+        $ibx = PublicInbox::InboxWritable->new($ibx);
+        $class->SUPER::new(undef, undef, undef, $ibx);
+}
+
+sub init_inbox {
+        my ($self, $partitions, $skip_epoch, $skip_artnum) = @_;
+        # TODO: honor skip_artnum
+        my $dir = $self->{-inbox}->{mainrepo} or die "no mainrepo in inbox\n";
+        PublicInbox::Import::init_bare($dir);
+}
+
+1;
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
index 87e8f3eb..b92d8d24 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/V2Writable.pm
@@ -517,11 +517,7 @@ sub fill_alternates ($$) {
         my $all = "$self->{-inbox}->{mainrepo}/all.git";
         my @cmd;
         unless (-d $all) {
-                @cmd = (qw(git init --bare -q), $all);
-                PublicInbox::Import::run_die(\@cmd);
-                @cmd = (qw/git config/, "--file=$all/config",
-                                'repack.writeBitmaps', 'true');
-                PublicInbox::Import::run_die(\@cmd);
+                PublicInbox::Import::init_bare($all);
         }
         @cmd = (qw/git config/, "--file=$pfx/$epoch.git/config",
                         'include.path', '../../all.git/config');