[PATCH 3/3] fetch, remote: retain old OIDs when pruning refs
From: Maciej Ciemborowicz <hidden>
Date: 2026-09-19 20:12:52
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
get_stale_heads() records the current value of each stale local ref in its new_oid member. The pruning paths discard that value and request unconditional deletion, so reference-transaction hooks receive a null old OID. Carry the recorded values into the deletion transactions. This reuses data collected while finding stale refs and therefore requires no additional ref reads. Signed-off-by: Maciej Ciemborowicz <redacted> --- builtin/fetch.c | 11 ++++++--- builtin/remote.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++---- t/t1416-ref-transaction-hooks.sh | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index d202147b21..a982d7541f 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c@@ -1452,14 +1452,18 @@ static int prune_refs(struct display_state *display_state, struct ref *ref, *stale_refs = get_stale_heads(rs, ref_map); struct strbuf err = STRBUF_INIT; struct string_list refnames = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP; + struct oid_array old_oids = OID_ARRAY_INIT; - for (ref = stale_refs; ref; ref = ref->next) + for (ref = stale_refs; ref; ref = ref->next) { string_list_append(&refnames, ref->name); + oid_array_append(&old_oids, &ref->new_oid); + } if (!dry_run) { if (transaction) { for (ref = stale_refs; ref; ref = ref->next) { - result = ref_transaction_delete(transaction, ref->name, NULL, + result = ref_transaction_delete(transaction, ref->name, + &ref->new_oid, NULL, 0, "fetch: prune", &err); if (result) goto cleanup;
@@ -1467,7 +1471,7 @@ static int prune_refs(struct display_state *display_state, } else { result = refs_delete_refs(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), "fetch: prune", &refnames, - NULL, 0); + &old_oids, 0); } }
@@ -1487,6 +1491,7 @@ static int prune_refs(struct display_state *display_state, cleanup: string_list_clear(&refnames, 0); + oid_array_clear(&old_oids); strbuf_release(&err); free_refs(stale_refs); return result;
diff --git a/builtin/remote.c b/builtin/remote.c
index 13d3cc52dd..7b0ad13342 100644
--- a/builtin/remote.c
+++ b/builtin/remote.c@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ #include "refs.h" #include "refspec.h" #include "odb.h" +#include "oid-array.h" #include "strvec.h" #include "commit-reach.h" #include "progress.h"
@@ -380,6 +381,11 @@ struct ref_states { int queried; }; +struct stale_ref { + struct object_id oid; + char name[FLEX_ARRAY]; +}; + #define REF_STATES_INIT { \ .new_refs = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, \ .skipped = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP, \
@@ -410,9 +416,13 @@ static int get_ref_states(const struct ref *remote_refs, struct ref_states *stat } stale_refs = get_stale_heads(&states->remote->fetch, fetch_map); for (ref = stale_refs; ref; ref = ref->next) { + struct stale_ref *stale_ref; struct string_list_item *item = string_list_append(&states->stale, abbrev_branch(ref->name)); - item->util = xstrdup(ref->name); + + FLEX_ALLOC_STR(stale_ref, name, ref->name); + oidcpy(&stale_ref->oid, &ref->new_oid); + item->util = stale_ref; } free_refs(stale_refs); free_refs(fetch_map);
@@ -1627,6 +1637,7 @@ static int prune_remote(const char *remote, int dry_run) int result = 0; struct ref_states states = REF_STATES_INIT; struct string_list refs_to_prune = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP; + struct oid_array old_oids = OID_ARRAY_INIT; struct string_list_item *item; get_remote_ref_states(remote, &states, GET_REF_STATES);
@@ -1639,17 +1650,25 @@ static int prune_remote(const char *remote, int dry_run) printf_ln(_("Pruning %s"), remote); printf_ln(_("URL: %s"), states.remote->url.v[0]); - for_each_string_list_item(item, &states.stale) - string_list_append(&refs_to_prune, item->util); + for_each_string_list_item(item, &states.stale) { + struct stale_ref *stale_ref = item->util; + struct string_list_item *to_prune; + + to_prune = string_list_append(&refs_to_prune, stale_ref->name); + to_prune->util = &stale_ref->oid; + } string_list_sort(&refs_to_prune); + for_each_string_list_item(item, &refs_to_prune) + oid_array_append(&old_oids, item->util); if (!dry_run) result |= refs_delete_refs(get_main_ref_store(the_repository), "remote: prune", &refs_to_prune, - NULL, 0); + &old_oids, 0); for_each_string_list_item(item, &states.stale) { - const char *refname = item->util; + struct stale_ref *stale_ref = item->util; + const char *refname = stale_ref->name; if (dry_run) printf_ln(_(" * [would prune] %s"),
@@ -1663,6 +1682,7 @@ static int prune_remote(const char *remote, int dry_run) stdout, " ", dry_run, &refs_to_prune); string_list_clear(&refs_to_prune, 0); + oid_array_clear(&old_oids); free_remote_ref_states(&states); return result; }
diff --git a/t/t1416-ref-transaction-hooks.sh b/t/t1416-ref-transaction-hooks.sh
index 8d400cd7ac..39bdc1bc26 100755
--- a/t/t1416-ref-transaction-hooks.sh
+++ b/t/t1416-ref-transaction-hooks.sh@@ -42,6 +42,48 @@ test_expect_success 'hook gets old values for batched branch/tag deletion' ' test_cmp expect actual ' +test_expect_success 'hook gets old values when pruning remote refs' ' + test_create_repo empty.git --bare && + test_create_repo prune && + git -C prune remote add origin ../empty.git && + test_commit -C prune one && + one=$(git -C prune rev-parse HEAD) && + test_commit -C prune two && + two=$(git -C prune rev-parse HEAD) && + git -C prune update-ref refs/remotes/origin/remote-prune-z "$one" && + git -C prune update-ref refs/remotes/origin/remote-prune-a "$two" && + git -C prune pack-refs --all && + test_hook -C prune reference-transaction <<-\EOF && + if test "$1" = committed + then + # Ignore backend-internal zero-to-zero records. + while read -r old new ref + do + case "$old" in + *[!0]*) + echo "$old $new $ref" + ;; + esac + done >>actual + fi + EOF + ( + cd prune && + git remote prune origin && + git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/fetch-prune "$one" && + git fetch --prune origin && + git update-ref refs/remotes/origin/atomic-prune "$one" && + git fetch --atomic --prune origin && + cat >expect <<-EOF && + $two $ZERO_OID refs/remotes/origin/remote-prune-a + $one $ZERO_OID refs/remotes/origin/remote-prune-z + $one $ZERO_OID refs/remotes/origin/fetch-prune + $one $ZERO_OID refs/remotes/origin/atomic-prune + EOF + test_cmp expect actual + ) +' + test_expect_success 'hook allows updating ref if successful' ' git reset --hard PRE && test_hook reference-transaction <<-\EOF &&
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