sha1-file.c: don't freshen cruft packs

We don't bother to freshen objects stored in a cruft pack individually
by updating the `.mtimes` file. This is because we can't portably `mmap`
and write into the middle of a file (i.e., to update the mtime of just
one object). Instead, we would have to rewrite the entire `.mtimes` file
which may incur some wasted effort especially if there a lot of cruft
objects and they are freshened infrequently.

Instead, force the freshening code to avoid an optimizing write by
writing out the object loose and letting it pick up a current mtime.

This works because we prefer the mtime of the loose copy of an object
when both a loose and packed one exist (whether or not the packed copy
comes from a cruft pack or not).

This could certainly do with a test and/or be included earlier in this
series/PR, but I want to wait until after I have a chance to clean up
the overly-repetitive nature of the cruft pack tests in general.

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

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/t/t5329-pack-objects-cruft.sh b/t/t5329-pack-objects-cruft.sh
index 70a6a9553c..b481224b93 100755
--- a/t/t5329-pack-objects-cruft.sh
+++ b/t/t5329-pack-objects-cruft.sh
@@ -711,4 +711,29 @@ test_expect_success 'MIDX bitmaps tolerate reachable cruft objects' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'cruft objects are freshend via loose' '
+	git init repo &&
+	test_when_finished "rm -fr repo" &&
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+
+		echo "cruft" >contents &&
+		blob="$(git hash-object -w -t blob contents)" &&
+		loose="$objdir/$(test_oid_to_path $blob)" &&
+
+		test_commit base &&
+
+		git repack --cruft -d &&
+
+		test_path_is_missing "$loose" &&
+		test-tool pack-mtimes "$(basename "$(ls $packdir/pack-*.mtimes)")" >cruft &&
+		grep "$blob" cruft &&
+
+		# write the same object again
+		git hash-object -w -t blob contents &&
+
+		test_path_is_file "$loose"
+	)
+'
+
 test_done