[RFC/PATCH v4 15/49] Add GIT_NO_EXTERNAL_ODB env variable

@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ static inline enum object_type object_type(unsigned int mode)
 #define CEILING_DIRECTORIES_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES"
 #define NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS"
 #define GIT_REPLACE_REF_BASE_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_REPLACE_REF_BASE"
+#define NO_EXTERNAL_ODB_ENVIRONMENT "GIT_NO_EXTERNAL_ODB"
 #define GITATTRIBUTES_FILE ".gitattributes"
 #define INFOATTRIBUTES_FILE "info/attributes"
 #define ATTRIBUTE_MACRO_PREFIX "[attr]"

@@ -760,6 +761,14 @@ void reset_shared_repository(void);
 extern int check_replace_refs;
 extern char *git_replace_ref_base;
 
+/*
+ * Do external odbs need to be used this run?  This variable is
+ * initialized to true unless $GIT_NO_EXTERNAL_ODB is set, but it
+ * maybe set to false by some commands that do not want external
+ * odbs to be active.
+ */
+extern int use_external_odb;
+
 extern int fsync_object_files;
 extern int core_preload_index;
 extern int core_apply_sparse_checkout;

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const char *excludes_file;
 enum auto_crlf auto_crlf = AUTO_CRLF_FALSE;
 int check_replace_refs = 1;
 char *git_replace_ref_base;
+int use_external_odb = 1;
 enum eol core_eol = EOL_UNSET;
 enum safe_crlf safe_crlf = SAFE_CRLF_WARN;
 unsigned whitespace_rule_cfg = WS_DEFAULT_RULE;

@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ const char * const local_repo_env[] = {
 	INDEX_ENVIRONMENT,
 	NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS_ENVIRONMENT,
 	GIT_REPLACE_REF_BASE_ENVIRONMENT,
+	NO_EXTERNAL_ODB_ENVIRONMENT,
 	GIT_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT,
 	GIT_SUPER_PREFIX_ENVIRONMENT,
 	GIT_SHALLOW_FILE_ENVIRONMENT,

@@ -188,6 +190,8 @@ static void setup_git_env(void)
 	replace_ref_base = getenv(GIT_REPLACE_REF_BASE_ENVIRONMENT);
 	git_replace_ref_base = xstrdup(replace_ref_base ? replace_ref_base
 							  : "refs/replace/");
+	if (getenv(NO_EXTERNAL_ODB_ENVIRONMENT))
+		use_external_odb = 0;
 	namespace = expand_namespace(getenv(GIT_NAMESPACE_ENVIRONMENT));
 	namespace_len = strlen(namespace);
 	shallow_file = getenv(GIT_SHALLOW_FILE_ENVIRONMENT);

@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ int external_odb_has_object(const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	struct odb_helper *o;
 
+	if (!use_external_odb)
+		return 0;
+
 	external_odb_init();
 
 	for (o = helpers; o; o = o->next)

@@ -133,6 +136,9 @@ int external_odb_write_object(const void *buf, size_t len,
 {
 	struct odb_helper *o;
 
+	if (!use_external_odb)
+		return 1;
+
 	/* For now accept only blobs */
 	if (strcmp(type, "blob"))
 		return 1;

@@ -642,6 +642,9 @@ void prepare_external_alt_odb(void)
 	static int linked_external;
 	const char *path;
 
+	if (!use_external_odb)
+		return;
+
 	if (linked_external)
 		return;