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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2022-09-20 00:35:25 +0300
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2022-09-20 00:35:25 +0300
commit42bf77c7d013ac595b3463eb064b66d7b969f55c (patch)
tree40780282254f5e857bf42016dec07b11d1ee2078 /Documentation
parent9d58241ee4e2c603404e028204221e508bb73644 (diff)
parent9eb7a73158bdc91892a6b9a0b43b8f954b1e39e2 (diff)
Merge branch 'vd/scalar-to-main'
Hoist the remainder of "scalar" out of contrib/ to the main part of the codebase. * vd/scalar-to-main: Documentation/technical: include Scalar technical doc t/perf: add 'GIT_PERF_USE_SCALAR' run option t/perf: add Scalar performance tests scalar-clone: add test coverage scalar: add to 'git help -a' command list scalar: implement the `help` subcommand git help: special-case `scalar` scalar: include in standard Git build & installation scalar: fix command documentation section header
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/Makefile2
-rwxr-xr-xDocumentation/cmd-list.perl2
-rw-r--r--Documentation/scalar.txt166
-rw-r--r--Documentation/technical/scalar.txt61
4 files changed, 169 insertions, 62 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/Makefile b/Documentation/Makefile
index 849af6da30..12c533c1a3 100644
--- a/Documentation/Makefile
+++ b/Documentation/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ MAN1_TXT += $(filter-out \
MAN1_TXT += git.txt
MAN1_TXT += gitk.txt
MAN1_TXT += gitweb.txt
+MAN1_TXT += scalar.txt
# man5 / man7 guides (note: new guides should also be added to command-list.txt)
MAN5_TXT += gitattributes.txt
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ TECH_DOCS += technical/parallel-checkout
TECH_DOCS += technical/partial-clone
TECH_DOCS += technical/racy-git
TECH_DOCS += technical/reftable
+TECH_DOCS += technical/scalar
TECH_DOCS += technical/send-pack-pipeline
TECH_DOCS += technical/shallow
TECH_DOCS += technical/trivial-merge
diff --git a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
index af5da45d28..9515a499a3 100755
--- a/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
+++ b/Documentation/cmd-list.perl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ sub format_one {
$state = 0;
open I, '<', "$name.txt" or die "No such file $name.txt";
while (<I>) {
- if (/^git[a-z0-9-]*\(([0-9])\)$/) {
+ if (/^(git|scalar)[a-z0-9-]*\(([0-9])\)$/) {
$mansection = $1;
next;
}
diff --git a/Documentation/scalar.txt b/Documentation/scalar.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f33436c7f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/scalar.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+scalar(1)
+=========
+
+NAME
+----
+scalar - A tool for managing large Git repositories
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+scalar clone [--single-branch] [--branch <main-branch>] [--full-clone] <url> [<enlistment>]
+scalar list
+scalar register [<enlistment>]
+scalar unregister [<enlistment>]
+scalar run ( all | config | commit-graph | fetch | loose-objects | pack-files ) [<enlistment>]
+scalar reconfigure [ --all | <enlistment> ]
+scalar diagnose [<enlistment>]
+scalar delete <enlistment>
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+
+Scalar is a repository management tool that optimizes Git for use in large
+repositories. Scalar improves performance by configuring advanced Git settings,
+maintaining repositories in the background, and helping to reduce data sent
+across the network.
+
+An important Scalar concept is the enlistment: this is the top-level directory
+of the project. It usually contains the subdirectory `src/` which is a Git
+worktree. This encourages the separation between tracked files (inside `src/`)
+and untracked files, such as build artifacts (outside `src/`). When registering
+an existing Git worktree with Scalar whose name is not `src`, the enlistment
+will be identical to the worktree.
+
+The `scalar` command implements various subcommands, and different options
+depending on the subcommand. With the exception of `clone`, `list` and
+`reconfigure --all`, all subcommands expect to be run in an enlistment.
+
+The following options can be specified _before_ the subcommand:
+
+-C <directory>::
+ Before running the subcommand, change the working directory. This
+ option imitates the same option of linkgit:git[1].
+
+-c <key>=<value>::
+ For the duration of running the specified subcommand, configure this
+ setting. This option imitates the same option of linkgit:git[1].
+
+COMMANDS
+--------
+
+Clone
+~~~~~
+
+clone [<options>] <url> [<enlistment>]::
+ Clones the specified repository, similar to linkgit:git-clone[1]. By
+ default, only commit and tree objects are cloned. Once finished, the
+ worktree is located at `<enlistment>/src`.
++
+The sparse-checkout feature is enabled (except when run with `--full-clone`)
+and the only files present are those in the top-level directory. Use
+`git sparse-checkout set` to expand the set of directories you want to see,
+or `git sparse-checkout disable` to expand to all files (see
+linkgit:git-sparse-checkout[1] for more details). You can explore the
+subdirectories outside your sparse-checkout by using `git ls-tree
+HEAD[:<directory>]`.
+
+-b <name>::
+--branch <name>::
+ Instead of checking out the branch pointed to by the cloned
+ repository's HEAD, check out the `<name>` branch instead.
+
+--[no-]single-branch::
+ Clone only the history leading to the tip of a single branch, either
+ specified by the `--branch` option or the primary branch remote's
+ `HEAD` points at.
++
+Further fetches into the resulting repository will only update the
+remote-tracking branch for the branch this option was used for the initial
+cloning. If the HEAD at the remote did not point at any branch when
+`--single-branch` clone was made, no remote-tracking branch is created.
+
+--[no-]full-clone::
+ A sparse-checkout is initialized by default. This behavior can be
+ turned off via `--full-clone`.
+
+List
+~~~~
+
+list::
+ List enlistments that are currently registered by Scalar. This
+ subcommand does not need to be run inside an enlistment.
+
+Register
+~~~~~~~~
+
+register [<enlistment>]::
+ Adds the enlistment's repository to the list of registered repositories
+ and starts background maintenance. If `<enlistment>` is not provided,
+ then the enlistment associated with the current working directory is
+ registered.
++
+Note: when this subcommand is called in a worktree that is called `src/`, its
+parent directory is considered to be the Scalar enlistment. If the worktree is
+_not_ called `src/`, it itself will be considered to be the Scalar enlistment.
+
+Unregister
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+unregister [<enlistment>]::
+ Remove the specified repository from the list of repositories
+ registered with Scalar and stop the scheduled background maintenance.
+
+Run
+~~~
+
+scalar run ( all | config | commit-graph | fetch | loose-objects | pack-files ) [<enlistment>]::
+ Run the given maintenance task (or all tasks, if `all` was specified).
+ Except for `all` and `config`, this subcommand simply hands off to
+ linkgit:git-maintenance[1] (mapping `fetch` to `prefetch` and
+ `pack-files` to `incremental-repack`).
++
+These tasks are run automatically as part of the scheduled maintenance,
+as soon as the repository is registered with Scalar. It should therefore
+not be necessary to run this subcommand manually.
++
+The `config` task is specific to Scalar and configures all those
+opinionated default settings that make Git work more efficiently with
+large repositories. As this task is run as part of `scalar clone`
+automatically, explicit invocations of this task are rarely needed.
+
+Reconfigure
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+After a Scalar upgrade, or when the configuration of a Scalar enlistment
+was somehow corrupted or changed by mistake, this subcommand allows to
+reconfigure the enlistment.
+
+With the `--all` option, all enlistments currently registered with Scalar
+will be reconfigured. Use this option after each Scalar upgrade.
+
+Diagnose
+~~~~~~~~
+
+diagnose [<enlistment>]::
+ When reporting issues with Scalar, it is often helpful to provide the
+ information gathered by this command, including logs and certain
+ statistics describing the data shape of the current enlistment.
++
+The output of this command is a `.zip` file that is written into
+a directory adjacent to the worktree in the `src` directory.
+
+Delete
+~~~~~~
+
+delete <enlistment>::
+ This subcommand lets you delete an existing Scalar enlistment from your
+ local file system, unregistering the repository.
+
+SEE ALSO
+--------
+linkgit:git-clone[1], linkgit:git-maintenance[1].
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/scalar.txt b/Documentation/technical/scalar.txt
index 0600150b3a..921cb104c3 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/scalar.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/scalar.txt
@@ -64,64 +64,3 @@ some "global" `git` options (e.g., `-c` and `-C`).
Because `scalar` is not invoked as a Git subcommand (like `git scalar`), it is
built and installed as its own executable in the `bin/` directory, alongside
`git`, `git-gui`, etc.
-
-Roadmap
--------
-
-NOTE: this section will be removed once the remaining tasks outlined in this
-roadmap are complete.
-
-Scalar is a large enough project that it is being upstreamed incrementally,
-living in `contrib/` until it is feature-complete. So far, the following patch
-series have been accepted:
-
-- `scalar-the-beginning`: The initial patch series which sets up
- `contrib/scalar/` and populates it with a minimal `scalar` command that
- demonstrates the fundamental ideas.
-
-- `scalar-c-and-C`: The `scalar` command learns about two options that can be
- specified before the command, `-c <key>=<value>` and `-C <directory>`.
-
-- `scalar-diagnose`: The `scalar` command is taught the `diagnose` subcommand.
-
-- `scalar-generalize-diagnose`: Move the functionality of `scalar diagnose`
- into `git diagnose` and `git bugreport --diagnose`.
-
-- 'scalar-add-fsmonitor: Enable the built-in FSMonitor in Scalar
- enlistments. At the end of this series, Scalar should be feature-complete
- from the perspective of a user.
-
-Roughly speaking (and subject to change), the following series are needed to
-"finish" this initial version of Scalar:
-
-- Move Scalar to toplevel: Move Scalar out of `contrib/` and into the root of
- `git`. This includes a variety of related updates, including:
- - building & installing Scalar in the Git root-level 'make [install]'.
- - builing & testing Scalar as part of CI.
- - moving and expanding test coverage of Scalar (including perf tests).
- - implementing 'scalar help'/'git help scalar' to display scalar
- documentation.
-
-Finally, there are two additional patch series that exist in Microsoft's fork of
-Git, but there is no current plan to upstream them. There are some interesting
-ideas there, but the implementation is too specific to Azure Repos and/or VFS
-for Git to be of much help in general.
-
-These still exist mainly because the GVFS protocol is what Azure Repos has
-instead of partial clone, while Git is focused on improving partial clone:
-
-- `scalar-with-gvfs`: The primary purpose of this patch series is to support
- existing Scalar users whose repositories are hosted in Azure Repos (which does
- not support Git's partial clones, but supports its predecessor, the GVFS
- protocol, which is used by Scalar to emulate the partial clone).
-
- Since the GVFS protocol will never be supported by core Git, this patch series
- will remain in Microsoft's fork of Git.
-
-- `run-scalar-functional-tests`: The Scalar project developed a quite
- comprehensive set of integration tests (or, "Functional Tests"). They are the
- sole remaining part of the original C#-based Scalar project, and this patch
- adds a GitHub workflow that runs them all.
-
- Since the tests partially depend on features that are only provided in the
- `scalar-with-gvfs` patch series, this patch cannot be upstreamed.