builtin/refs: new command to migrate ref storage formats

Introduce a new command that allows the user to migrate a repository
between ref storage formats. This new command is implemented as part of
a new git-refs(1) executable. This is due to two reasons:

  - There is no good place to put the migration logic in existing
    commands. git-maintenance(1) felt unwieldy, and git-pack-refs(1) is
    not the correct place to put it, either.

  - I had it in my mind to create a new low-level command for accessing
    refs for quite a while already. git-refs(1) is that command and can
    over time grow more functionality relating to refs. This should help
    discoverability by consolidating low-level access to refs into a
    single executable.

As mentioned in the preceding commit that introduces the ref storage
format migration logic, the new `git refs migrate` command still has a
bunch of restrictions. These restrictions are documented accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <[email protected]>

.gitignore

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
 /git-rebase
 /git-receive-pack
 /git-reflog
+/git-refs
 /git-remote
 /git-remote-http
 /git-remote-https

Documentation/git-refs.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+git-refs(1)
+===========
+
+NAME
+----
+git-refs - Low-level access to refs
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'git refs migrate' --ref-format=<format> [--dry-run]
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+
+This command provides low-level access to refs.
+
+COMMANDS
+--------
+
+migrate::
+	Migrate ref store between different formats.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+The following options are specific to 'git refs migrate':
+
+--ref-format=<format>::
+	The ref format to migrate the ref store to. Can be one of:
++
+include::ref-storage-format.txt[]
+
+--dry-run::
+	Perform the migration, but do not modify the repository. The migrated
+	refs will be written into a separate directory that can be inspected
+	separately. The name of the directory will be reported on stdout. This
+	can be used to double check that the migration works as expected before
+	performing the actual migration.
+
+KNOWN LIMITATIONS
+-----------------
+
+The ref format migration has several known limitations in its current form:
+
+* It is not possible to migrate repositories that have reflogs.
+
+* It is not possible to migrate repositories that have worktrees.
+
+* There is no way to block concurrent writes to the repository during an
+  ongoing migration. Concurrent writes can lead to an inconsistent migrated
+  state. Users are expected to block writes on a higher level. If your
+  repository is registered for scheduled maintenance, it is recommended to
+  unregister it first with git-maintenance(1).
+
+These limitations may eventually be lifted.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite

Makefile

@@ -1283,6 +1283,7 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/read-tree.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/rebase.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/receive-pack.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/reflog.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/refs.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/remote-ext.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/remote-fd.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/remote.o

builtin.h

@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ int cmd_rebase(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_rebase__interactive(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_receive_pack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_reflog(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+int cmd_refs(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_remote_ext(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_remote_fd(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);

builtin/refs.c

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#include "builtin.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
+#include "refs.h"
+#include "repository.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+
+#define REFS_MIGRATE_USAGE \
+	N_("git refs migrate --ref-format=<format> [--dry-run]")
+
+static int cmd_refs_migrate(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	const char * const migrate_usage[] = {
+		REFS_MIGRATE_USAGE,
+		NULL,
+	};
+	const char *format_str = NULL;
+	enum ref_storage_format format;
+	unsigned int flags = 0;
+	struct option options[] = {
+		OPT_STRING_F(0, "ref-format", &format_str, N_("format"),
+			N_("specify the reference format to convert to"),
+			PARSE_OPT_NONEG),
+		OPT_BIT(0, "dry-run", &flags,
+			N_("perform a non-destructive dry-run"),
+			REPO_MIGRATE_REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_DRYRUN),
+		OPT_END(),
+	};
+	struct strbuf errbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	int err;
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, migrate_usage, 0);
+	if (argc)
+		usage(_("too many arguments"));
+	if (!format_str)
+		usage(_("missing --ref-format=<format>"));
+
+	format = ref_storage_format_by_name(format_str);
+	if (format == REF_STORAGE_FORMAT_UNKNOWN) {
+		err = error(_("unknown ref storage format '%s'"), format_str);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (the_repository->ref_storage_format == format) {
+		err = error(_("repository already uses '%s' format"),
+			    ref_storage_format_to_name(format));
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (repo_migrate_ref_storage_format(the_repository, format, flags, &errbuf) < 0) {
+		err = error("%s", errbuf.buf);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	err = 0;
+
+out:
+	strbuf_release(&errbuf);
+	return err;
+}
+
+int cmd_refs(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	const char * const refs_usage[] = {
+		REFS_MIGRATE_USAGE,
+		NULL,
+	};
+	parse_opt_subcommand_fn *fn = NULL;
+	struct option opts[] = {
+		OPT_SUBCOMMAND("migrate", &fn, cmd_refs_migrate),
+		OPT_END(),
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, opts, refs_usage, 0);
+	return fn(argc, argv, prefix);
+}

command-list.txt

@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ git-read-tree                           plumbingmanipulators
 git-rebase                              mainporcelain           history
 git-receive-pack                        synchelpers
 git-reflog                              ancillarymanipulators           complete
+git-refs                                ancillarymanipulators           complete
 git-remote                              ancillarymanipulators           complete
 git-repack                              ancillarymanipulators           complete
 git-replace                             ancillarymanipulators           complete

git.c

@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
 	{ "rebase", cmd_rebase, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
 	{ "receive-pack", cmd_receive_pack },
 	{ "reflog", cmd_reflog, RUN_SETUP },
+	{ "refs", cmd_refs, RUN_SETUP },
 	{ "remote", cmd_remote, RUN_SETUP },
 	{ "remote-ext", cmd_remote_ext, NO_PARSEOPT },
 	{ "remote-fd", cmd_remote_fd, NO_PARSEOPT },