Merge branch 'nd/gc-aggressive'

Allow tweaking the maximum length of the delta-chain produced by
"gc --aggressive".

* nd/gc-aggressive:
  environment.c: fix constness for odb_pack_keep()
  gc --aggressive: make --depth configurable

Author: gitster

Documentation/config.txt

@@ -1156,6 +1156,11 @@ filter.<driver>.smudge::
 	object to a worktree file upon checkout.  See
 	linkgit:gitattributes[5] for details.
 
+gc.aggressiveDepth::
+	The depth parameter used in the delta compression
+	algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'.  This defaults
+	to 250.
+
 gc.aggressiveWindow::
 	The window size parameter used in the delta compression
 	algorithm used by 'git gc --aggressive'.  This defaults

Documentation/git-gc.txt

@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ the value, the more time is spent optimizing the delta compression.  See
 the documentation for the --window' option in linkgit:git-repack[1] for
 more details.  This defaults to 250.
 
+Similarly, the optional configuration variable 'gc.aggressiveDepth'
+controls --depth option in linkgit:git-repack[1]. This defaults to 250.
+
 The optional configuration variable 'gc.pruneExpire' controls how old
 the unreferenced loose objects have to be before they are pruned.  The
 default is "2 weeks ago".

builtin/gc.c

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ static const char * const builtin_gc_usage[] = {
 };
 
 static int pack_refs = 1;
+static int aggressive_depth = 250;
 static int aggressive_window = 250;
 static int gc_auto_threshold = 6700;
 static int gc_auto_pack_limit = 50;
@@ -66,6 +67,10 @@ static int gc_config(const char *var, const char *value, void *cb)
 		aggressive_window = git_config_int(var, value);
 		return 0;
 	}
+	if (!strcmp(var, "gc.aggressivedepth")) {
+		aggressive_depth = git_config_int(var, value);
+		return 0;
+	}
 	if (!strcmp(var, "gc.auto")) {
 		gc_auto_threshold = git_config_int(var, value);
 		return 0;
@@ -294,7 +299,8 @@ int cmd_gc(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (aggressive) {
 		argv_array_push(&repack, "-f");
-		argv_array_push(&repack, "--depth=250");
+		if (aggressive_depth > 0)
+			argv_array_pushf(&repack, "--depth=%d", aggressive_depth);
 		if (aggressive_window > 0)
 			argv_array_pushf(&repack, "--window=%d", aggressive_window);
 	}

environment.c

@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ int odb_mkstemp(char *template, size_t limit, const char *pattern)
 	return xmkstemp_mode(template, mode);
 }
 
-int odb_pack_keep(char *name, size_t namesz, unsigned char *sha1)
+int odb_pack_keep(char *name, size_t namesz, const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
 	int fd;
 

git-compat-util.h

@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ extern FILE *xfdopen(int fd, const char *mode);
 extern int xmkstemp(char *template);
 extern int xmkstemp_mode(char *template, int mode);
 extern int odb_mkstemp(char *template, size_t limit, const char *pattern);
-extern int odb_pack_keep(char *name, size_t namesz, unsigned char *sha1);
+extern int odb_pack_keep(char *name, size_t namesz, const unsigned char *sha1);
 
 static inline size_t xsize_t(off_t len)
 {