pack-objects: Create an alternative name hash algorithm (recreated)

Documentation/git-pack-objects.txt

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	[--revs [--unpacked | --all]] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>]
 	[--cruft] [--cruft-expiration=<time>]
 	[--stdout [--filter=<filter-spec>] | <base-name>]
-	[--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] [--[no-]sparse] < <object-list>
+	[--shallow] [--keep-true-parents] [--[no-]sparse]
+	[--name-hash-version=<n>] < <object-list>
 
 
 DESCRIPTION
@@ -345,6 +346,44 @@ raise an error.
 	Restrict delta matches based on "islands". See DELTA ISLANDS
 	below.
 
+--name-hash-version=<n>::
+	While performing delta compression, Git groups objects that may be
+	similar based on heuristics using the path to that object. While
+	grouping objects by an exact path match is good for paths with
+	many versions, there are benefits for finding delta pairs across
+	different full paths. Git collects objects by type and then by a
+	"name hash" of the path and then by size, hoping to group objects
+	that will compress well together.
++
+The default name hash version is `1`, which prioritizes hash locality by
+considering the final bytes of the path as providing the maximum magnitude
+to the hash function. This version excels at distinguishing short paths
+and finding renames across directories. However, the hash function depends
+primarily on the final 16 bytes of the path. If there are many paths in
+the repo that have the same final 16 bytes and differ only by parent
+directory, then this name-hash may lead to too many collisions and cause
+poor results. At the moment, this version is required when writing
+reachability bitmap files with `--write-bitmap-index`.
++
+The name hash version `2` has similar locality features as version `1`,
+except it considers each path component separately and overlays the hashes
+with a shift. This still prioritizes the final bytes of the path, but also
+"salts" the lower bits of the hash using the parent directory names. This
+method allows for some of the locality benefits of version `1` while
+breaking most of the collisions from a similarly-named file appearing in
+many different directories. At the moment, this version is not allowed
+when writing reachability bitmap files with `--write-bitmap-index` and it
+will be automatically changed to version `1`.
++
+The name hash version `3` abandons the locality features of versions `1`
+and `2` in favor of minimizing collisions. The goal here is to separate
+objects by their full path and abandon hope for cross-path delta
+compression. For this reason, this option is preferred for repacking large
+repositories with many versions and many name hash collisions when using
+the first two versions. At the moment, this version is not allowed when
+writing reachability bitmap files with `--write-bitmap-index` and it will
+be automatically changed to version `1`.
+
 
 DELTA ISLANDS
 -------------

Documentation/git-repack.txt

@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ git-repack - Pack unpacked objects in a repository
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [-b] [-m] [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] [--threads=<n>] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>] [--write-midx]
+'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [-b] [-m]
+	[--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] [--threads=<n>] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>]
+	[--write-midx] [--name-hash-version=<n>]
 
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
@@ -249,6 +251,11 @@ linkgit:git-multi-pack-index[1]).
 	Write a multi-pack index (see linkgit:git-multi-pack-index[1])
 	containing the non-redundant packs.
 
+--name-hash-version=<n>::
+	Provide this argument to the underlying `git pack-objects` process.
+	See linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] for full details.
+
+
 CONFIGURATION
 -------------
 

Makefile

@@ -816,6 +816,7 @@ TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-lazy-init-name-hash.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-match-trees.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-mergesort.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-mktemp.o
+TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-name-hash.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-online-cpus.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-pack-mtimes.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-parse-options.o

builtin/pack-objects.c

@@ -266,6 +266,39 @@ struct configured_exclusion {
 static struct oidmap configured_exclusions;
 
 static struct oidset excluded_by_config;
+static int name_hash_version = -1;
+
+static void validate_name_hash_version(void)
+{
+	if (name_hash_version < 1 || name_hash_version > 3)
+		die(_("invalid --name-hash-version option: %d"), name_hash_version);
+}
+
+static inline uint32_t pack_name_hash_fn(const char *name)
+{
+	static int seen_version = -1;
+
+	if (seen_version < 0)
+		seen_version = name_hash_version;
+	else if (seen_version != name_hash_version)
+		BUG("name hash version changed from %d to %d mid-process",
+		    seen_version, name_hash_version);
+
+	switch (name_hash_version)
+	{
+	case 1:
+		return pack_name_hash(name);
+
+	case 2:
+		return pack_name_hash_v2((const unsigned char *)name);
+
+	case 3:
+		return pack_name_hash_v3(name);
+
+	default:
+		BUG("invalid name-hash version: %d", name_hash_version);
+	}
+}
 
 /*
  * stats
@@ -1698,7 +1731,7 @@ static int add_object_entry(const struct object_id *oid, enum object_type type,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	create_object_entry(oid, type, pack_name_hash(name),
+	create_object_entry(oid, type, pack_name_hash_fn(name),
 			    exclude, name && no_try_delta(name),
 			    found_pack, found_offset);
 	return 1;
@@ -1912,7 +1945,7 @@ static void add_preferred_base_object(const char *name)
 {
 	struct pbase_tree *it;
 	size_t cmplen;
-	unsigned hash = pack_name_hash(name);
+	unsigned hash = pack_name_hash_fn(name);
 
 	if (!num_preferred_base || check_pbase_path(hash))
 		return;
@@ -3422,7 +3455,7 @@ static void show_object_pack_hint(struct object *object, const char *name,
 	 * here using a now in order to perhaps improve the delta selection
 	 * process.
 	 */
-	oe->hash = pack_name_hash(name);
+	oe->hash = pack_name_hash_fn(name);
 	oe->no_try_delta = name && no_try_delta(name);
 
 	stdin_packs_hints_nr++;
@@ -3572,7 +3605,7 @@ static void add_cruft_object_entry(const struct object_id *oid, enum object_type
 	entry = packlist_find(&to_pack, oid);
 	if (entry) {
 		if (name) {
-			entry->hash = pack_name_hash(name);
+			entry->hash = pack_name_hash_fn(name);
 			entry->no_try_delta = no_try_delta(name);
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -3595,7 +3628,7 @@ static void add_cruft_object_entry(const struct object_id *oid, enum object_type
 			return;
 		}
 
-		entry = create_object_entry(oid, type, pack_name_hash(name),
+		entry = create_object_entry(oid, type, pack_name_hash_fn(name),
 					    0, name && no_try_delta(name),
 					    pack, offset);
 	}
@@ -4069,6 +4102,15 @@ static int get_object_list_from_bitmap(struct rev_info *revs)
 	if (!(bitmap_git = prepare_bitmap_walk(revs, 0)))
 		return -1;
 
+	/*
+	 * For now, force the name-hash version to be 1 since that
+	 * is the version implied by the bitmap format. Later, the
+	 * format can include this version explicitly in its format,
+	 * allowing readers to know the version that was used during
+	 * the bitmap write.
+	 */
+	name_hash_version = 1;
+
 	if (pack_options_allow_reuse())
 		reuse_partial_packfile_from_bitmap(bitmap_git,
 						   &reuse_packfiles,
@@ -4429,6 +4471,8 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc,
 		OPT_STRING_LIST(0, "uri-protocol", &uri_protocols,
 				N_("protocol"),
 				N_("exclude any configured uploadpack.blobpackfileuri with this protocol")),
+		OPT_INTEGER(0, "name-hash-version", &name_hash_version,
+			 N_("use the specified name-hash function to group similar objects")),
 		OPT_END(),
 	};
 
@@ -4576,6 +4620,15 @@ int cmd_pack_objects(int argc,
 	if (pack_to_stdout || !rev_list_all)
 		write_bitmap_index = 0;
 
+	if (name_hash_version < 0)
+		name_hash_version = (int)git_env_ulong("GIT_TEST_NAME_HASH_VERSION", 1);
+
+	validate_name_hash_version();
+	if (write_bitmap_index && name_hash_version != 1) {
+		warning(_("currently, --write-bitmap-index requires --name-hash-version=1"));
+		name_hash_version = 1;
+	}
+
 	if (use_delta_islands)
 		strvec_push(&rp, "--topo-order");
 

builtin/repack.c

@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ static int run_update_server_info = 1;
 static char *packdir, *packtmp_name, *packtmp;
 
 static const char *const git_repack_usage[] = {
-	N_("git repack [<options>]"),
+	N_("git repack [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [-b] [-m]\n"
+	   "[--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] [--threads=<n>] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>]\n"
+	   "[--write-midx] [--name-hash-version=<n>]"),
 	NULL
 };
 
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ struct pack_objects_args {
 	int no_reuse_object;
 	int quiet;
 	int local;
+	int name_hash_version;
 	struct list_objects_filter_options filter_options;
 };
 
@@ -306,6 +309,8 @@ static void prepare_pack_objects(struct child_process *cmd,
 		strvec_pushf(&cmd->args, "--no-reuse-delta");
 	if (args->no_reuse_object)
 		strvec_pushf(&cmd->args, "--no-reuse-object");
+	if (args->name_hash_version)
+		strvec_pushf(&cmd->args, "--name-hash-version=%d", args->name_hash_version);
 	if (args->local)
 		strvec_push(&cmd->args,  "--local");
 	if (args->quiet)
@@ -1203,6 +1208,8 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc,
 				N_("pass --no-reuse-delta to git-pack-objects")),
 		OPT_BOOL('F', NULL, &po_args.no_reuse_object,
 				N_("pass --no-reuse-object to git-pack-objects")),
+		OPT_INTEGER(0, "name-hash-version", &po_args.name_hash_version,
+				N_("specify the name hash version to use for grouping similar objects by path")),
 		OPT_NEGBIT('n', NULL, &run_update_server_info,
 				N_("do not run git-update-server-info"), 1),
 		OPT__QUIET(&po_args.quiet, N_("be quiet")),

pack-objects.h

@@ -207,6 +207,60 @@ static inline uint32_t pack_name_hash(const char *name)
 	return hash;
 }
 
+static inline uint32_t pack_name_hash_v2(const unsigned char *name)
+{
+	uint32_t hash = 0, base = 0, c;
+
+	if (!name)
+		return 0;
+
+	while ((c = *name++)) {
+		if (isspace(c))
+			continue;
+		if (c == '/') {
+			base = (base >> 6) ^ hash;
+			hash = 0;
+		} else {
+			/*
+			 * 'c' is only a single byte. Reverse it and move
+			 * it to the top of the hash, moving the rest to
+			 * less-significant bits.
+			 */
+			c = (c & 0xF0) >> 4 | (c & 0x0F) << 4;
+			c = (c & 0xCC) >> 2 | (c & 0x33) << 2;
+			c = (c & 0xAA) >> 1 | (c & 0x55) << 1;
+			hash = (hash >> 2) + (c << 24);
+		}
+	}
+	return (base >> 6) ^ hash;
+}
+
+static inline uint32_t pack_name_hash_v3(const char *name)
+{
+	/*
+	 * This 'bigp' value is a large prime, at least 25% of the max
+	 * value of an uint32_t. Multiplying by this value (modulo 2^32)
+	 * causes the 32 bits to change pseudo-randomly.
+	 */
+	const uint32_t bigp = 1234572167U;
+	uint32_t c, hash = bigp;
+
+	if (!name)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Do the simplest thing that will resemble pseudo-randomness: add
+	 * random multiples of a large prime number with a binary shift.
+	 * The goal is not to be cryptographic, but to be generally
+	 * uniformly distributed.
+	 */
+	while ((c = *name++) != 0) {
+		hash += c * bigp;
+		hash = (hash >> 5) | (hash << 27);
+	}
+	return hash;
+}
+
 static inline enum object_type oe_type(const struct object_entry *e)
 {
 	return e->type_valid ? e->type_ : OBJ_BAD;

t/README

@@ -492,6 +492,10 @@ a test and then fails then the whole test run will abort. This can help to make
 sure the expected tests are executed and not silently skipped when their
 dependency breaks or is simply not present in a new environment.
 
+GIT_TEST_NAME_HASH_VERSION=<int>, when set, causes 'git pack-objects' to
+assume '--name-hash-version=<n>'.
+
+
 Naming Tests
 ------------
 

t/helper/test-name-hash.c

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * test-name-hash.c: Read a list of paths over stdin and report on their
+ * name-hash and full name-hash.
+ */
+
+#include "test-tool.h"
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+#include "pack-objects.h"
+#include "strbuf.h"
+
+int cmd__name_hash(int argc UNUSED, const char **argv UNUSED)
+{
+	struct strbuf line = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	while (!strbuf_getline(&line, stdin)) {
+		printf("%10u ", pack_name_hash(line.buf));
+		printf("%10u ", pack_name_hash_v2((unsigned const char *)line.buf));
+		printf("%10u ", pack_name_hash_v3(line.buf));
+		printf("%s\n", line.buf);
+	}
+
+	strbuf_release(&line);
+	return 0;
+}

t/helper/test-tool.c

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ static struct test_cmd cmds[] = {
 	{ "match-trees", cmd__match_trees },
 	{ "mergesort", cmd__mergesort },
 	{ "mktemp", cmd__mktemp },
+	{ "name-hash", cmd__name_hash },
 	{ "online-cpus", cmd__online_cpus },
 	{ "pack-mtimes", cmd__pack_mtimes },
 	{ "parse-options", cmd__parse_options },

t/helper/test-tool.h

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ int cmd__lazy_init_name_hash(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__match_trees(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__mergesort(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__mktemp(int argc, const char **argv);
+int cmd__name_hash(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__online_cpus(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__pack_mtimes(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__parse_options(int argc, const char **argv);