builtin/commit-graph.c: introduce split strategy 'replace'

When using split commit-graphs, it is sometimes useful to completely
replace the commit-graph chain with a new base.

For example, consider a scenario in which a repository builds a new
commit-graph incremental for each push. Occasionally (say, after some
fixed number of pushes), they may wish to rebuild the commit-graph chain
with all reachable commits.

They can do so with

  $ git commit-graph write --reachable

but this removes the chain entirely and replaces it with a single
commit-graph in 'objects/info/commit-graph'. Unfortunately, this means
that the next push will have to move this commit-graph into the first
layer of a new chain, and then write its new commits on top.

Avoid such copying entirely by allowing the caller to specify that they
wish to replace the entirety of their commit-graph chain, while also
specifying that the new commit-graph should become the basis of a fresh,
length-one chain.

This addresses the above situation by making it possible for the caller
to instead write:

  $ git commit-graph write --reachable --split=replace

which writes a new length-one chain to 'objects/info/commit-graphs',
making the commit-graph incremental generated by the subsequent push
relatively cheap by avoiding the aforementioned copy.

In order to do this, remove an assumption in 'write_commit_graph_file'
that chains are always at least two incrementals long.

Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/t/t5324-split-commit-graph.sh b/t/t5324-split-commit-graph.sh
index 29de47e834..87a9148fbe 100755
--- a/t/t5324-split-commit-graph.sh
+++ b/t/t5324-split-commit-graph.sh
@@ -355,4 +355,23 @@ test_expect_success '--split=no-merge always writes an incremental' '
 	test_line_count = 2 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain
 '
 
+test_expect_success '--split=replace replaces the chain' '
+	rm -rf $graphdir $infodir/commit-graph &&
+	git reset --hard commits/3 &&
+	git rev-list -1 HEAD~2 >a &&
+	git rev-list -1 HEAD~1 >b &&
+	git rev-list -1 HEAD >c &&
+	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --stdin-commits <a &&
+	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --stdin-commits <b &&
+	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --stdin-commits <c &&
+	test_line_count = 3 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
+	git commit-graph write --stdin-commits --split=replace <b &&
+	test_path_is_missing $infodir/commit-graph &&
+	test_path_is_file $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
+	ls $graphdir/graph-*.graph >graph-files &&
+	test_line_count = 1 graph-files &&
+	verify_chain_files_exist $graphdir &&
+	graph_read_expect 2
+'
+
 test_done