transport: do not list refs if possible

When all refs to be fetched are exact OIDs, it is possible to perform a
fetch without requiring the remote to list refs if protocol v2 is used.
Teach Git to do this.

This currently has an effect only for lazy fetches done from partial
clones. The change necessary to likewise optimize "git fetch <remote>
<sha-1>" will be done in a subsequent patch.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Tan <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <[email protected]>

Author: jonathantanmy

fetch-pack.c

@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ struct ref *fetch_pack(struct fetch_pack_args *args,
 	if (nr_sought)
 		nr_sought = remove_duplicates_in_refs(sought, nr_sought);
 
-	if (!ref) {
+	if (version != protocol_v2 && !ref) {
 		packet_flush(fd[1]);
 		die(_("no matching remote head"));
 	}

t/t5702-protocol-v2.sh

@@ -286,6 +286,10 @@ test_expect_success 'dynamically fetch missing object' '
 	grep "version 2" trace
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'when dynamically fetching missing object, do not list refs' '
+	! grep "git> command=ls-refs" trace
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'partial fetch' '
 	rm -rf client "$(pwd)/trace" &&
 	git init client &&

transport.c

@@ -341,8 +341,17 @@ static int fetch_refs_via_pack(struct transport *transport,
 	args.server_options = transport->server_options;
 	args.negotiation_tips = data->options.negotiation_tips;
 
-	if (!data->got_remote_heads)
-		refs_tmp = get_refs_via_connect(transport, 0, NULL);
+	if (!data->got_remote_heads) {
+		int i;
+		int must_list_refs = 0;
+		for (i = 0; i < nr_heads; i++) {
+			if (!to_fetch[i]->exact_oid) {
+				must_list_refs = 1;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		refs_tmp = handshake(transport, 0, NULL, must_list_refs);
+	}
 
 	switch (data->version) {
 	case protocol_v2: