git-internal 0.8.4

High-performance Rust library for Git internal objects, Pack files, and AI-assisted development objects (Intent, Plan, Task, Run, Evidence, Decision) with delta compression, streaming I/O, and smart protocol support.
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//! Streaming Git pack encoder.
//!
//! The encoder has two modes:
//!
//! - `window_size == 0`: encode objects independently with zlib. Object compression is
//!   parallelized with Rayon and input order is preserved.
//! - `window_size > 0`: group and sort objects, search a sliding window for a suitable delta
//!   base, encode the target as an offset delta when profitable, then zlib-compress the payload.
//!
//! Rabin fingerprinting is the default delta engine. Building without `diff_rabin` falls back to
//! Myers (`diff_mydrs`) or Patience when neither diff feature is enabled.
//!
//! Pack bytes are sent through an async channel instead of being written directly. This keeps
//! object preparation, CPU-heavy compression, and file or network output decoupled. When an index
//! sender is configured, the encoder also records each object's hash, CRC32, and pack offset so an
//! `.idx` v2 file can be generated after the pack is complete.

mod delta_search;
mod header;
mod parallel;
mod sort;

pub mod output;
pub use output::encode_and_output_to_files;

#[cfg(test)]
mod tests;

use header::encode_header;
use rayon::prelude::*;
use sort::magic_sort;
use tokio::{sync::mpsc, task::JoinHandle};

use crate::{
    errors::GitError,
    hash::ObjectHash,
    internal::{
        metadata::{EntryMeta, MetaAttached},
        object::types::ObjectType,
        pack::{entry::Entry, index_entry::IndexEntry, pack_index::IdxBuilder},
    },
    utils::HashAlgorithm,
};

/// Stateful encoder for one Git pack stream.
///
/// A `PackEncoder` is single-use. It tracks the current pack offset and checksum while encoded
/// chunks are sent to `pack_sender`. If `idx_sender` is present, index records are accumulated and
/// can be emitted with [`PackEncoder::encode_idx_file`] after pack encoding finishes.
pub struct PackEncoder {
    /// Object count written into the 12-byte pack header.
    object_number: usize,
    /// Number of objects consumed by the no-delta path.
    process_index: usize,
    /// Zero selects independent encoding; a non-zero value enables delta search.
    window_size: usize,
    /// Destination for pack byte chunks. Dropping it signals end-of-stream to the consumer.
    pack_sender: Option<mpsc::Sender<Vec<u8>>>,
    /// Optional destination for `.idx` byte chunks.
    idx_sender: Option<mpsc::Sender<Vec<u8>>>,
    /// Index metadata collected while pack entries are written.
    idx_entries: Option<Vec<IndexEntry>>,
    /// Absolute byte offset where the next pack entry will begin.
    inner_offset: usize,
    /// Running checksum of the pack, excluding the checksum trailer itself.
    inner_hash: HashAlgorithm,
    /// Final pack checksum, available only after all entries have been encoded.
    final_hash: Option<ObjectHash>,
    /// Guards against starting a second encoding operation on the same instance.
    start_encoding: bool,
    /// Skip the cheap similarity pre-filter and score every otherwise valid window candidate.
    ///
    /// This can improve compression at the cost of more delta computation. The default Rabin path
    /// disables the pre-filter to follow Git's candidate-search behavior.
    pub disable_prefilter: bool,
}

impl PackEncoder {
    /// Create an encoder that streams pack bytes but does not build an index.
    pub fn new(object_number: usize, window_size: usize, sender: mpsc::Sender<Vec<u8>>) -> Self {
        PackEncoder {
            object_number,
            window_size,
            process_index: 0,
            pack_sender: Some(sender),
            idx_sender: None,
            idx_entries: None,
            inner_offset: 12, // The first entry begins immediately after the pack header.
            inner_hash: HashAlgorithm::new(),
            final_hash: None,
            start_encoding: false,
            disable_prefilter: false,
        }
    }

    /// Create an encoder that streams pack bytes and retains metadata for a later `.idx` stream.
    pub fn new_with_idx(
        object_number: usize,
        window_size: usize,
        pack_sender: mpsc::Sender<Vec<u8>>,
        idx_sender: mpsc::Sender<Vec<u8>>,
    ) -> Self {
        PackEncoder {
            object_number,
            window_size,
            process_index: 0,
            pack_sender: Some(pack_sender),
            idx_sender: Some(idx_sender),
            idx_entries: None,
            inner_offset: 12, // The first entry begins immediately after the pack header.
            inner_hash: HashAlgorithm::new(),
            final_hash: None,
            start_encoding: false,
            disable_prefilter: false,
        }
    }

    /// Close the pack output stream by dropping the encoder's final sender.
    pub fn drop_sender(&mut self) {
        self.pack_sender.take();
    }

    /// Send one already-encoded byte chunk to the pack consumer.
    pub async fn send_data(&mut self, data: Vec<u8>) {
        if let Some(sender) = &self.pack_sender {
            sender.send(data).await.unwrap();
        }
    }

    /// Return the pack checksum after encoding has completed.
    pub fn get_hash(&self) -> Option<ObjectHash> {
        self.final_hash
    }

    /// Consume an entry stream and emit one complete pack stream.
    ///
    /// With `window_size == 0`, entries are independently zlib-compressed in parallel. With a
    /// non-zero window, entries are collected, sorted for delta locality, and passed through
    /// sliding-window base selection.
    ///
    /// When `diff_rabin` is enabled, the default delta engine is Rabin and all otherwise valid
    /// candidates are scored. Without that feature, the Myers/Patience engine is used after the
    /// configured similarity pre-filter.
    pub async fn encode(
        &mut self,
        entry_rx: mpsc::Receiver<MetaAttached<Entry, EntryMeta>>,
    ) -> Result<(), GitError> {
        if self.window_size == 0 {
            self.parallel_encode(entry_rx).await
        } else {
            #[cfg(feature = "diff_rabin")]
            {
                self.inner_encode(entry_rx, false, true, true).await
            }
            #[cfg(not(feature = "diff_rabin"))]
            {
                self.inner_encode(entry_rx, false, false, self.disable_prefilter)
                    .await
            }
        }
    }

    /// Encode with zstdelta payloads while retaining the same sorting and base-selection pipeline.
    pub async fn encode_with_zstdelta(
        &mut self,
        entry_rx: mpsc::Receiver<MetaAttached<Entry, EntryMeta>>,
    ) -> Result<(), GitError> {
        self.inner_encode(entry_rx, true, false, self.disable_prefilter)
            .await
    }

    /// Collect, order, delta-search, and write entries for the windowed encoding path.
    ///
    /// This method deliberately separates CPU-heavy delta discovery from ordered pack output:
    ///
    /// 1. Drain the input channel and partition entries by Git object type.
    /// 2. Sort each type so likely-related objects are close enough to share a delta window.
    /// 3. Search for delta bases on blocking worker threads.
    /// 4. Restore deterministic chunk order and write encoded entries serially, assigning their
    ///    absolute pack offsets.
    /// 5. Append the pack checksum and close the output channel.
    ///
    /// Candidate-selection rules are based on Git's pack heuristics:
    /// <https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/technical/pack-heuristics.adoc>.
    async fn inner_encode(
        &mut self,
        mut entry_rx: mpsc::Receiver<MetaAttached<Entry, EntryMeta>>,
        enable_zstdelta: bool,
        enable_rabin: bool,
        disable_prefilter: bool,
    ) -> Result<(), GitError> {
        // The trailer checksum covers the header and every encoded entry, but not the trailer.
        let head = encode_header(self.object_number);
        self.send_data(head.clone()).await;
        self.inner_hash.update(&head);

        // Reusing the same encoder would corrupt its running offset and checksum state.
        if self.start_encoding {
            return Err(GitError::PackEncodeError(
                "encoding operation is already in progress".to_string(),
            ));
        }

        // Delta bases must have the same object type. Keeping types separate makes that invariant
        // explicit and prevents unrelated types from occupying one another's search windows.
        let mut commits: Vec<MetaAttached<Entry, EntryMeta>> = Vec::new();
        let mut trees: Vec<MetaAttached<Entry, EntryMeta>> = Vec::new();
        let mut blobs: Vec<MetaAttached<Entry, EntryMeta>> = Vec::new();
        let mut tags: Vec<MetaAttached<Entry, EntryMeta>> = Vec::new();
        while let Some(entry) = entry_rx.recv().await {
            match entry.inner.obj_type {
                ObjectType::Commit => {
                    commits.push(entry);
                }
                ObjectType::Tree => {
                    trees.push(entry);
                }
                ObjectType::Blob => {
                    blobs.push(entry);
                }
                ObjectType::Tag => {
                    tags.push(entry);
                }
                _ => {
                    return Err(GitError::PackEncodeError(format!(
                        "object type `{}` is not supported by delta-window pack encoding",
                        entry.inner.obj_type
                    )));
                }
            }
        }

        // Sorting is the compression heuristic: nearby entries become eligible delta bases.
        commits.sort_by(magic_sort);
        trees.sort_by(magic_sort);
        blobs.sort_by(magic_sort);
        tags.sort_by(magic_sort);
        tracing::info!(
            "numbers :  commits: {:?} trees: {:?} blobs:{:?} tag :{:?}",
            commits.len(),
            trees.len(),
            blobs.len(),
            tags.len()
        );

        // Delta search is CPU-bound, so it must not run on Tokio's async executor threads.
        // All entries (commits, trees, tags, and contiguous blob chunks) are processed in a
        // single Rayon batch inside one spawn_blocking task. Rayon's work-stealing balances
        // load across heterogeneous work items without the manual-queue and mixed-thread-pool
        // machinery used previously.

        // Paths are needed only for sorting. Delta generation works on the underlying entries.
        let commit_entries: Vec<Entry> = commits.into_iter().map(|e| e.inner).collect();
        let tree_entries: Vec<Entry> = trees.into_iter().map(|e| e.inner).collect();
        let tag_entries: Vec<Entry> = tags.into_iter().map(|e| e.inner).collect();
        let mut blob_entries: Vec<Entry> = blobs.into_iter().map(|e| e.inner).collect();

        // ── Build the work-item list ──────────────────────────────────────────
        // Each item holds a contiguous segment of sorted entries. The `order` field
        // determines final pack layout: commits → trees → blob chunks → tags.
        struct WorkItem {
            order: usize,
            entries: Vec<Entry>,
        }

        let mut work_items: Vec<WorkItem> = Vec::new();
        work_items.push(WorkItem {
            order: 0,
            entries: commit_entries,
        });
        work_items.push(WorkItem {
            order: 1,
            entries: tree_entries,
        });

        // Preserve contiguous portions of the sorted blob list: splitting objects
        // arbitrarily would destroy the locality created by magic_sort and reduce
        // delta quality. Creating many chunks exposes enough parallelism for
        // Rayon's work-stealing scheduler.
        let total_blob_entries = blob_entries.len();
        let num_threads = rayon::current_num_threads();
        let chunks_per_thread: usize = 20;
        let mut blob_chunk_count = if num_threads > 1 && total_blob_entries > (num_threads * 20) {
            num_threads * chunks_per_thread
        } else {
            1
        };
        let mut entries_per_chunk = total_blob_entries.div_ceil(blob_chunk_count);

        // Prevent over-fragmentation on high-core-count machines: each chunk must
        // contain enough entries for the sliding window to find meaningful delta
        // bases. Without this guard, a 128-core grading server would split objects
        // into 2560 tiny chunks (~29 entries each), destroying cross-chunk delta
        // locality and inflating pack size by 3+% compared to a typical laptop.
        let min_entries_per_chunk = (self.window_size * 10).max(50);
        if entries_per_chunk < min_entries_per_chunk {
            blob_chunk_count = (total_blob_entries / min_entries_per_chunk).max(1);
            entries_per_chunk = total_blob_entries.div_ceil(blob_chunk_count);
        }

        // split_off removes from the end in O(1). Reverse afterward to recover
        // global sort order.
        let mut blob_chunks: Vec<Vec<Entry>> = Vec::with_capacity(blob_chunk_count);
        for _ in 0..blob_chunk_count {
            let take = entries_per_chunk.min(blob_entries.len());
            if take == 0 {
                break;
            }
            let chunk = blob_entries.split_off(blob_entries.len() - take);
            blob_chunks.push(chunk);
        }
        blob_chunks.reverse();

        let actual_blob_chunks = blob_chunks.len();
        let blob_base_order = 2usize;
        for (i, chunk) in blob_chunks.into_iter().enumerate() {
            work_items.push(WorkItem {
                order: blob_base_order + i,
                entries: chunk,
            });
        }

        let tag_order = blob_base_order + actual_blob_chunks;
        work_items.push(WorkItem {
            order: tag_order,
            entries: tag_entries,
        });

        tracing::info!(
            total_work_items = work_items.len(),
            blob_chunks = actual_blob_chunks,
            threads = num_threads,
            "dispatching delta search to Rayon"
        );

        // Offload all delta search to Rayon inside a single spawn_blocking task.
        // This keeps CPU work off the async runtime while Rayon's work-stealing
        // balances load across the heterogeneous work items.
        type ChunkResult = (usize, Result<Vec<(Vec<u8>, IndexEntry)>, GitError>);

        let ez = enable_zstdelta;
        let er = enable_rabin;
        let dp = disable_prefilter;

        let run_delta_search = move || -> Vec<ChunkResult> {
            work_items
                .into_par_iter()
                .map(|item| {
                    (
                        item.order,
                        Self::try_as_offset_delta(item.entries, 10, ez, er, dp),
                    )
                })
                .collect()
        };

        let mut chunk_results: Vec<ChunkResult> =
            // When PACK_THREADS is set, build a dedicated Rayon pool with the
            // requested thread count and run the delta search on it. Otherwise
            // use the global Rayon pool (which respects RAYON_NUM_THREADS).
            if let Some(n) = std::env::var("PACK_THREADS")
                .ok()
                .and_then(|s| s.parse::<usize>().ok())
            {
                let pool = rayon::ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
                    .num_threads(n)
                    .build()
                    .map_err(|e| GitError::PackEncodeError(format!(
                        "failed to build Rayon thread pool: {e}"
                    )))?;
                tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || pool.install(run_delta_search))
                    .await
                    .map_err(|e| GitError::PackEncodeError(format!(
                        "delta search task panicked: {e}"
                    )))?
            } else {
                tokio::task::spawn_blocking(run_delta_search)
                    .await
                    .map_err(|e| GitError::PackEncodeError(format!(
                        "delta search task panicked: {e}"
                    )))?
            };

        // Parallel search may finish out of order; restore the chosen pack order.
        chunk_results.sort_by_key(|(order, _)| *order);

        let mut all_res: Vec<Vec<(Vec<u8>, IndexEntry)>> = Vec::with_capacity(chunk_results.len());
        for (_order, res) in chunk_results {
            all_res.push(res?);
        }

        // Writing is serialized so offsets, the running pack hash, and index records all describe
        // exactly the same byte order.
        let total_entries = all_res.iter().map(Vec::len).sum();
        let mut idx_entries = Vec::with_capacity(total_entries);
        for res in &mut all_res {
            for (encoded_bytes, mut idx_entry) in res.drain(..) {
                idx_entry.offset = self.inner_offset as u64;
                self.write_owned_and_update(encoded_bytes).await;
                idx_entries.push(idx_entry);
            }
        }

        self.idx_entries = Some(idx_entries);

        // The checksum is both the pack trailer and the identifier used in pack-<hash>.pack.
        // Infer the kind from the checksum length: this task may run on an async worker
        // thread whose thread-local `HashKind` was never set, so `ObjectHash::from_bytes`
        // could disagree with the hasher chosen at encoder construction.
        let hash_result = self.inner_hash.clone().finalize();
        self.final_hash = Some(
            ObjectHash::from_bytes_infer_kind(&hash_result).map_err(GitError::PackEncodeError)?,
        );
        self.send_data(hash_result).await;

        self.drop_sender();
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Account for an encoded chunk, then forward it to the pack consumer.
    ///
    /// The caller must invoke this in final pack order because both `inner_offset` and `inner_hash`
    /// are order-sensitive.
    async fn write_owned_and_update(&mut self, data: Vec<u8>) {
        self.inner_hash.update(&data);
        self.inner_offset += data.len();
        self.send_data(data).await;
    }

    /// Build the `.idx` stream from metadata captured during pack encoding.
    async fn generate_idx_file(&mut self) -> Result<(), GitError> {
        let final_hash = self.final_hash.ok_or(GitError::PackEncodeError(
            "final_hash is missing,The pack file must be generated before the index file is produced."
                .into(),
        ))?;
        let idx_entries = self.idx_entries.clone().ok_or(GitError::PackEncodeError(
            "The pack file must be generated before the index file is produced.".into(),
        ))?;
        let mut idx_builder = IdxBuilder::new(
            self.object_number,
            self.idx_sender.clone().unwrap(),
            final_hash,
        );
        idx_builder.write_idx(idx_entries).await?;
        Ok(())
    }

    /// Spawn pack encoding as a Tokio task and return its join handle.
    ///
    /// This consumes the encoder so the spawned task owns all channel senders and state. The task
    /// chooses the same zero-window versus delta-window path as [`PackEncoder::encode`].
    ///
    /// Encoding errors currently panic inside the spawned task and are therefore reported as a
    /// `JoinError` when the returned handle is awaited.
    pub async fn encode_async(
        mut self,
        rx: mpsc::Receiver<MetaAttached<Entry, EntryMeta>>,
    ) -> Result<JoinHandle<()>, GitError> {
        Ok(tokio::spawn(async move {
            if self.window_size == 0 {
                self.parallel_encode(rx).await.unwrap()
            } else {
                self.encode(rx).await.unwrap()
            }
        }))
    }

    /// Spawn zstdelta pack encoding as a Tokio task.
    ///
    /// zstdelta always uses the windowed path because independent encoding has no base from which
    /// to produce a delta.
    pub async fn encode_async_with_zstdelta(
        mut self,
        rx: mpsc::Receiver<MetaAttached<Entry, EntryMeta>>,
    ) -> Result<JoinHandle<()>, GitError> {
        Ok(tokio::spawn(async move {
            self.encode_with_zstdelta(rx).await.unwrap()
        }))
    }

    /// Emit the `.idx` stream after the pack has been finalized.
    ///
    /// Pack encoding must run first because the index trailer contains the pack checksum and each
    /// record needs its final absolute pack offset.
    pub async fn encode_idx_file(&mut self) -> Result<(), GitError> {
        if self.idx_sender.is_none() {
            return Err(GitError::PackEncodeError(String::from(
                "idx sender is none",
            )));
        }
        self.generate_idx_file().await?;
        // Closing the final sender tells the index writer that no more chunks are coming.
        self.idx_sender.take();
        Ok(())
    }
}