fetch: teach independent negotiation (no packfile)

Currently, the packfile negotiation step within a Git fetch cannot be
done independent of sending the packfile, even though there is at least
one application wherein this is useful. Therefore, make it possible for
this negotiation step to be done independently. A subsequent commit will
use this for one such application - push negotiation.

This feature is for protocol v2 only. (An implementation for protocol v0
would require a separate implementation in the fetch, transport, and
transport helper code.)

In the protocol, the main hindrance towards independent negotiation is
that the server can unilaterally decide to send the packfile. This is
solved by a "wait-for-done" argument: the server will then wait for the
client to say "done". In practice, the client will never say it; instead
it will cease requests once it is satisfied.

In the client, the main change lies in the transport and transport
helper code. fetch_refs_via_pack() performs everything needed - protocol
version and capability checks, and the negotiation itself.

There are 2 code paths that do not go through fetch_refs_via_pack() that
needed to be individually excluded: the bundle transport (excluded
through requiring smart_options, which the bundle transport doesn't
support) and transport helpers that do not support takeover. If or when
we support independent negotiation for protocol v0, we will need to
modify these 2 code paths to support it. But for now, report failure if
independent negotiation is requested in these cases.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/fetch.c b/builtin/fetch.c
index 0b90de87c7..a732295a6b 100644
--- a/builtin/fetch.c
+++ b/builtin/fetch.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static struct string_list server_options = STRING_LIST_INIT_DUP;
 static struct string_list negotiation_tip = STRING_LIST_INIT_NODUP;
 static int fetch_write_commit_graph = -1;
 static int stdin_refspecs = 0;
+static int negotiate_only;
 
 static int git_fetch_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 {
@@ -202,6 +203,8 @@ static struct option builtin_fetch_options[] = {
 			TRANSPORT_FAMILY_IPV6),
 	OPT_STRING_LIST(0, "negotiation-tip", &negotiation_tip, N_("revision"),
 			N_("report that we have only objects reachable from this object")),
+	OPT_BOOL(0, "negotiate-only", &negotiate_only,
+		 N_("do not fetch a packfile; instead, print ancestors of negotiation tips")),
 	OPT_PARSE_LIST_OBJECTS_FILTER(&filter_options),
 	OPT_BOOL(0, "auto-maintenance", &enable_auto_gc,
 		 N_("run 'maintenance --auto' after fetching")),
@@ -1986,7 +1989,29 @@ int cmd_fetch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (remote) {
+	if (negotiate_only) {
+		struct oidset acked_commits = OIDSET_INIT;
+		struct oidset_iter iter;
+		const struct object_id *oid;
+
+		if (!remote)
+			die(_("must supply remote when using --negotiate-only"));
+		gtransport = prepare_transport(remote, 1);
+		if (gtransport->smart_options) {
+			gtransport->smart_options->acked_commits = &acked_commits;
+		} else {
+			warning(_("Protocol does not support --negotiate-only, exiting."));
+			return 1;
+		}
+		if (server_options.nr)
+			gtransport->server_options = &server_options;
+		result = transport_fetch_refs(gtransport, NULL);
+
+		oidset_iter_init(&acked_commits, &iter);
+		while ((oid = oidset_iter_next(&iter)))
+			printf("%s\n", oid_to_hex(oid));
+		oidset_clear(&acked_commits);
+	} else if (remote) {
 		if (filter_options.choice || has_promisor_remote())
 			fetch_one_setup_partial(remote);
 		result = fetch_one(remote, argc, argv, prune_tags_ok, stdin_refspecs);