[PATCH] fetch: pass transport to post-fetch connectivity check
From: Kristofer Karlsson via GitGitGadget <hidden>
Date: 2026-05-24 12:28:15
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
From: Kristofer Karlsson <redacted>
When fetching with a transport that sets `self_contained_and_connected`
(as index-pack does for self-contained packs), check_connected() can
use find_pack_entry_one() to skip connectivity verification for refs
whose objects exist in the new pack. This avoids sending those OIDs to
the rev-list child process.
However, store_updated_refs() never passed the transport to
check_connected(), so opt.transport was always NULL and this
optimization was dead code for post-fetch connectivity checks.
Thread the transport parameter through store_updated_refs() and set
opt.transport so that check_connected() can take advantage of
self-contained packs.
On a large repository (2.4M commits, 374K files, 10.9K local refs),
fetching 200 new commits:
Before: rev-list connectivity check 22s, total fetch 36s
After: rev-list connectivity check 5s, total fetch 14s
The remaining 5s is spent verifying refs not contained in the new pack.
Signed-off-by: Kristofer Karlsson <redacted>
---
fetch: pass transport to post-fetch connectivity check
We're working on reducing git fetch times on a large monorepo (2.4M
commits, 374K files, 10.9K local refs). Profiling showed the post-fetch
connectivity check (rev-list --objects --stdin --not --all) dominating
wall time when there are new objects.
While investigating, I noticed that check_connected() already has a fast
path for self-contained packs — it uses find_pack_entry_one() to skip
refs whose objects are in the new pack. builtin/clone.c passes the
transport to enable this, but store_updated_refs() in builtin/fetch.c
does not, making the optimization dead code for fetches.
The fix is a three-line change to thread the transport through.
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-2123%2Fspkrka%2Ffetch-transport-fix-v1
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-2123/spkrka/fetch-transport-fix-v1
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/2123
builtin/fetch.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index a22c319467..647fd1c30c 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c@@ -1213,6 +1213,7 @@ N_("it took %.2f seconds to check forced updates; you can use\n" "to avoid this check\n"); static int store_updated_refs(struct display_state *display_state, + struct transport *transport, int connectivity_checked, struct ref_transaction *transaction, struct ref *ref_map, struct fetch_head *fetch_head,
@@ -1228,6 +1229,7 @@ static int store_updated_refs(struct display_state *display_state, if (!connectivity_checked) { struct check_connected_options opt = CHECK_CONNECTED_INIT; + opt.transport = transport; opt.exclude_hidden_refs_section = "fetch"; rm = ref_map; if (check_connected(iterate_ref_map, &rm, &opt)) {
@@ -1432,7 +1434,7 @@ static int fetch_and_consume_refs(struct display_state *display_state, } trace2_region_enter("fetch", "consume_refs", the_repository); - ret = store_updated_refs(display_state, connectivity_checked, + ret = store_updated_refs(display_state, transport, connectivity_checked, transaction, ref_map, fetch_head, config, display_array); trace2_region_leave("fetch", "consume_refs", the_repository);
base-commit: 6a4418c36d6bad69a599044b3cf49dcbd049cb45 -- gitgitgadget