[GSoC][PATCH 3/5] builtin/refs: add optimize subcommand
From: Meet Soni <hidden>
Date: 2025-08-26 07:36:57
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
As part of the ongoing effort to consolidate reference handling, introduce a new `optimize` subcommand. This command provides the same functionality and exit-code behavior as `git pack-refs`, serving as its modern replacement. Implement `cmd_refs_optimize` by having it call the `pack_refs_core()` helper function. This helper was factored out of the original `cmd_pack_refs` in a preceding commit, allowing both commands to share the same core logic as independent peers. Add documentation for the new command. The man page leverages the shared options file, created in a previous commit, by using the AsciiDoc `include::` macro to ensure consistency with git-pack-refs(1). Mentored-by: Patrick Steinhardt [off-list ref] Mentored-by: shejialuo [off-list ref] Signed-off-by: Meet Soni <redacted> --- Documentation/git-refs.adoc | 10 ++++++++++ builtin/refs.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-refs.adoc b/Documentation/git-refs.adoc
index e608980711..121a2fbeff 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-refs.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-refs.adoc@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ git refs list [--count=<count>] [--shell|--perl|--python|--tcl] [--contains[=<object>]] [--no-contains[=<object>]] [(--exclude=<pattern>)...] [--start-after=<marker>] [ --stdin | <pattern>... ] +git refs optimize [--all] [--no-prune] [--auto] [--include <pattern>] [--exclude <pattern>] DESCRIPTION -----------
@@ -38,6 +39,11 @@ list:: formatting, and sorting. This subcommand is an alias for linkgit:git-for-each-ref[1] and offers identical functionality. +optimize:: + Pack references into a single file to improve repository performance + and reduce storage usage. This subcommand is an alias for + linkgit:git-pack-refs[1] and offers identical functionality. + OPTIONS -------
@@ -73,6 +79,10 @@ The following options are specific to 'git refs list': include::for-each-ref-options.adoc[] +The following options are specific to 'git refs optimize': + +include::pack-refs-options.adoc[] + KNOWN LIMITATIONS -----------------
diff --git a/builtin/refs.c b/builtin/refs.c
index 76224feba4..e05fa5b8a6 100644
--- a/builtin/refs.c
+++ b/builtin/refs.c@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ #include "builtin.h" #include "config.h" #include "fsck.h" +#include "pack-refs.h" #include "parse-options.h" #include "refs.h" #include "strbuf.h"
@@ -14,6 +15,9 @@ #define REFS_VERIFY_USAGE \ N_("git refs verify [--strict] [--verbose]") +#define REFS_OPTIMIZE_USAGE \ + N_("git refs optimize " PACK_REFS_OPTS) + static int cmd_refs_migrate(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, struct repository *repo UNUSED) {
@@ -113,6 +117,16 @@ static int cmd_refs_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, return for_each_ref_core(argc, argv, prefix, repo, refs_list_usage); } +static int cmd_refs_optimize(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix, + struct repository *repo) +{ + static char const * const refs_optimize_usage[] = { + REFS_OPTIMIZE_USAGE, + NULL + }; + return pack_refs_core(argc, argv, prefix, repo, refs_optimize_usage); +} + int cmd_refs(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
@@ -122,6 +136,7 @@ int cmd_refs(int argc, REFS_MIGRATE_USAGE, REFS_VERIFY_USAGE, "git refs list " COMMON_USAGE_FOR_EACH_REF, + REFS_OPTIMIZE_USAGE, NULL, }; parse_opt_subcommand_fn *fn = NULL;
@@ -129,6 +144,7 @@ int cmd_refs(int argc, OPT_SUBCOMMAND("migrate", &fn, cmd_refs_migrate), OPT_SUBCOMMAND("verify", &fn, cmd_refs_verify), OPT_SUBCOMMAND("list", &fn, cmd_refs_list), + OPT_SUBCOMMAND("optimize", &fn, cmd_refs_optimize), OPT_END(), };
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