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[2/3] builtin/commit-graph.c: introduce '--input=<source>'

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Series builtin/commit-graph.c: new split/merge options | expand

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Taylor Blau Jan. 31, 2020, 12:28 a.m. UTC
The 'write' mode of the 'commit-graph' supports input from a number of
different sources: pack indexes over stdin, commits over stdin, commits
reachable from all references, and so on. Each of these options are
specified with a unique option: '--stdin-packs', '--stdin-commits', etc.

Similar to our replacement of 'git config [--<type>]' with 'git config
[--type=<type>]' (c.f., fb0dc3bac1 (builtin/config.c: support
`--type=<type>` as preferred alias for `--<type>`, 2018-04-18)), softly
deprecate '[--<input>]' in favor of '[--input=<source>]'.

This makes it more clear to implement new options that are combinations
of other options (such as, for example, "none", a combination of the old
"--append" and a new sentinel to specify to _not_ look in other packs,
which we will implement in a future patch).

Unfortunately, the new enumerated type is a bitfield, even though it
makes much more sense as '0, 1, 2, ...'. Even though *almost* all
options are pairwise exclusive, '--stdin-{packs,commits}' *is*
compatible with '--append'. For this reason, use a bitfield.

Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
---
 Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt | 26 +++++-----
 builtin/commit-graph.c             | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 t/t5318-commit-graph.sh            | 46 +++++++++---------
 t/t5324-split-commit-graph.sh      | 44 ++++++++---------
 4 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)

Comments

Derrick Stolee Jan. 31, 2020, 2:40 p.m. UTC | #1
On 1/30/2020 7:28 PM, Taylor Blau wrote:
> The 'write' mode of the 'commit-graph' supports input from a number of
> different sources: pack indexes over stdin, commits over stdin, commits
> reachable from all references, and so on. Each of these options are
> specified with a unique option: '--stdin-packs', '--stdin-commits', etc.
> 
> Similar to our replacement of 'git config [--<type>]' with 'git config
> [--type=<type>]' (c.f., fb0dc3bac1 (builtin/config.c: support
> `--type=<type>` as preferred alias for `--<type>`, 2018-04-18)), softly
> deprecate '[--<input>]' in favor of '[--input=<source>]'.
> 
> This makes it more clear to implement new options that are combinations
> of other options (such as, for example, "none", a combination of the old
> "--append" and a new sentinel to specify to _not_ look in other packs,
> which we will implement in a future patch).
> 
> Unfortunately, the new enumerated type is a bitfield, even though it
> makes much more sense as '0, 1, 2, ...'. Even though *almost* all
> options are pairwise exclusive, '--stdin-{packs,commits}' *is*
> compatible with '--append'. For this reason, use a bitfield.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt | 26 +++++-----
>  builtin/commit-graph.c             | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  t/t5318-commit-graph.sh            | 46 +++++++++---------
>  t/t5324-split-commit-graph.sh      | 44 ++++++++---------
>  4 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
> index 8d61ba9f56..cbf80226e9 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
> @@ -41,21 +41,21 @@ COMMANDS
>  
>  Write a commit-graph file based on the commits found in packfiles.
>  +
> -With the `--stdin-packs` option, generate the new commit graph by
> +With the `--input=stdin-packs` option, generate the new commit graph by
>  walking objects only in the specified pack-indexes. (Cannot be combined
> -with `--stdin-commits` or `--reachable`.)
> +with `--input=stdin-commits` or `--input=reachable`.)
>  +
> -With the `--stdin-commits` option, generate the new commit graph by
> -walking commits starting at the commits specified in stdin as a list
> +With the `--input=stdin-commits` option, generate the new commit graph
> +by walking commits starting at the commits specified in stdin as a list
>  of OIDs in hex, one OID per line. (Cannot be combined with
> -`--stdin-packs` or `--reachable`.)
> +`--input=stdin-packs` or `--input=reachable`.)
>  +
> -With the `--reachable` option, generate the new commit graph by walking
> -commits starting at all refs. (Cannot be combined with `--stdin-commits`
> -or `--stdin-packs`.)
> +With the `--input=reachable` option, generate the new commit graph by
> +walking commits starting at all refs. (Cannot be combined with
> +`--input=stdin-commits` or `--input=stdin-packs`.)
>  +
> -With the `--append` option, include all commits that are present in the
> -existing commit-graph file.
> +With the `--input=append` option, include all commits that are present
> +in the existing commit-graph file.
>  +
>  With the `--split[=<strategy>]` option, write the commit-graph as a
>  chain of multiple commit-graph files stored in
> @@ -107,20 +107,20 @@ $ git commit-graph write
>    using commits in `<pack-index>`.
>  +
>  ------------------------------------------------
> -$ echo <pack-index> | git commit-graph write --stdin-packs
> +$ echo <pack-index> | git commit-graph write --input=stdin-packs
>  ------------------------------------------------
>  
>  * Write a commit-graph file containing all reachable commits.
>  +
>  ------------------------------------------------
> -$ git show-ref -s | git commit-graph write --stdin-commits
> +$ git show-ref -s | git commit-graph write --input=stdin-commits
>  ------------------------------------------------
>  
>  * Write a commit-graph file containing all commits in the current
>    commit-graph file along with those reachable from `HEAD`.
>  +
>  ------------------------------------------------
> -$ git rev-parse HEAD | git commit-graph write --stdin-commits --append
> +$ git rev-parse HEAD | git commit-graph write --input=stdin-commits --input=append
>  ------------------------------------------------
>  
>  
> diff --git a/builtin/commit-graph.c b/builtin/commit-graph.c
> index f03b46d627..03d815e652 100644
> --- a/builtin/commit-graph.c
> +++ b/builtin/commit-graph.c
> @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
>  static char const * const builtin_commit_graph_usage[] = {
>  	N_("git commit-graph verify [--object-dir <objdir>] [--shallow] [--[no-]progress]"),
>  	N_("git commit-graph write [--object-dir <objdir>] [--append] "
> -	   "[--split[=<strategy>]] [--reachable|--stdin-packs|--stdin-commits] "
> +	   "[--split[=<strategy>]] [--input=<reachable|stdin-packs|stdin-commits>] "
>  	   "[--[no-]progress] <split options>"),
>  	NULL
>  };
> @@ -22,22 +22,48 @@ static const char * const builtin_commit_graph_verify_usage[] = {
>  
>  static const char * const builtin_commit_graph_write_usage[] = {
>  	N_("git commit-graph write [--object-dir <objdir>] [--append] "
> -	   "[--split[=<strategy>]] [--reachable|--stdin-packs|--stdin-commits] "
> +	   "[--split[=<strategy>]] [--input=<reachable|stdin-packs|stdin-commits>] "
>  	   "[--[no-]progress] <split options>"),
>  	NULL
>  };
>  
> +enum commit_graph_input {
> +	COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_REACHABLE     = (1 << 1),
> +	COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_PACKS   = (1 << 2),
> +	COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_COMMITS = (1 << 3),
> +	COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_APPEND        = (1 << 4)
> +};
> +
>  static struct opts_commit_graph {
>  	const char *obj_dir;
> -	int reachable;
> -	int stdin_packs;
> -	int stdin_commits;
> -	int append;
> +	enum commit_graph_input input;
>  	int split;
>  	int shallow;
>  	int progress;
>  } opts;
>  
> +static int option_parse_input(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
> +			      int unset)
> +{
> +	enum commit_graph_input *to = opt->value;
> +	if (unset || !strcmp(arg, "packs")) {
> +		*to = 0;
> +		return 0;
> +	}

Here, you _do_ clear the bitfield, allowing "--input=reachable --input"
to do the correct override. Thanks!

> +
> +	if (!strcmp(arg, "reachable"))
> +		*to |= COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_REACHABLE;
> +	else if (!strcmp(arg, "stdin-packs"))
> +		*to |= COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_PACKS;
> +	else if (!strcmp(arg, "stdin-commits"))
> +		*to |= COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_COMMITS;
> +	else if (!strcmp(arg, "append"))
> +		*to |= COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_APPEND;
> +	else
> +		die(_("unrecognized --input source, %s"), arg);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
>  static struct object_directory *find_odb_or_die(struct repository *r,
>  						const char *obj_dir)
>  {
> @@ -137,14 +163,21 @@ static int graph_write(int argc, const char **argv)
>  		OPT_STRING(0, "object-dir", &opts.obj_dir,
>  			N_("dir"),
>  			N_("The object directory to store the graph")),
> -		OPT_BOOL(0, "reachable", &opts.reachable,
> -			N_("start walk at all refs")),
> -		OPT_BOOL(0, "stdin-packs", &opts.stdin_packs,
> -			N_("scan pack-indexes listed by stdin for commits")),
> -		OPT_BOOL(0, "stdin-commits", &opts.stdin_commits,
> -			N_("start walk at commits listed by stdin")),
> -		OPT_BOOL(0, "append", &opts.append,
> -			N_("include all commits already in the commit-graph file")),
> +		OPT_CALLBACK(0, "input", &opts.input, NULL,
> +			N_("include commits from this source in the graph"),
> +			option_parse_input),
> +		OPT_BIT(0, "reachable", &opts.input,
> +			N_("start walk at all refs"),
> +			COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_REACHABLE),
> +		OPT_BIT(0, "stdin-packs", &opts.input,
> +			N_("scan pack-indexes listed by stdin for commits"),
> +			COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_PACKS),
> +		OPT_BIT(0, "stdin-commits", &opts.input,
> +			N_("start walk at commits listed by stdin"),
> +			COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_COMMITS),
> +		OPT_BIT(0, "append", &opts.input,
> +			N_("include all commits already in the commit-graph file"),
> +			COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_APPEND),

Since you are rewriting how we interpret the deprecated options, perhaps we
should keep some tests around that call these versions? It would make the
test diff be a bit smaller. These options can be removed from the tests if/when
we actually remove the options.

> @@ -351,10 +351,10 @@ test_expect_success '--split=merge-all always merges incrementals' '
>  	git rev-list -3 HEAD~4 >a &&
>  	git rev-list -2 HEAD~2 >b &&
>  	git rev-list -2 HEAD >c &&
> -	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --stdin-commits <a &&
> -	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --stdin-commits <b &&
> +	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --input=stdin-commits <a &&
> +	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --input=stdin-commits <b &&
>  	test_line_count = 2 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
> -	git commit-graph write --split=merge-all --stdin-commits <c &&
> +	git commit-graph write --split=merge-all --input=stdin-commits <c &&
>  	test_line_count = 1 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain
>  '
>  
> @@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ test_expect_success '--split=no-merge always writes an incremental' '
>  	git reset --hard commits/2 &&
>  	git rev-list HEAD~1 >a &&
>  	git rev-list HEAD >b &&
> -	git commit-graph write --split --stdin-commits <a &&
> -	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --stdin-commits <b &&
> +	git commit-graph write --split --input=stdin-commits <a &&
> +	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --input=stdin-commits <b &&
>  	test_line_count = 2 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain
>  '

Updating these new tests with the given options is good. Perhaps convert only one
of the old tests for each of the stdin-packs, reachable, "", and "append" options?

Thanks,
-Stolee
Martin Ågren Jan. 31, 2020, 7:34 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 at 01:30, Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> wrote:
> The 'write' mode of the 'commit-graph' supports input from a number of
> different sources: pack indexes over stdin, commits over stdin, commits
> reachable from all references, and so on. Each of these options are
> specified with a unique option: '--stdin-packs', '--stdin-commits', etc.
>
> Similar to our replacement of 'git config [--<type>]' with 'git config
> [--type=<type>]' (c.f., fb0dc3bac1 (builtin/config.c: support
> `--type=<type>` as preferred alias for `--<type>`, 2018-04-18)), softly
> deprecate '[--<input>]' in favor of '[--input=<source>]'.
>
> This makes it more clear to implement new options that are combinations
> of other options (such as, for example, "none", a combination of the old
> "--append" and a new sentinel to specify to _not_ look in other packs,
> which we will implement in a future patch).

Makes sense.

> Unfortunately, the new enumerated type is a bitfield, even though it
> makes much more sense as '0, 1, 2, ...'. Even though *almost* all
> options are pairwise exclusive, '--stdin-{packs,commits}' *is*
> compatible with '--append'. For this reason, use a bitfield.

> -With the `--append` option, include all commits that are present in the
> -existing commit-graph file.
> +With the `--input=append` option, include all commits that are present
> +in the existing commit-graph file.

Would it be too crazy to call this `--input=existing` instead, and have
it be the same as `--append`? I find that `--append` makes a lot of
sense (it's a mode we can turn on or off), whereas "input = append"
seems more odd.

From the next commit message, we learn that a long `--input=append`
triggers `fill_oids_from_all_packs()`, which wouldn't match my expecting
from "--input=existing". So...

Does this hint that we could leave `--append` alone? We'd have lots of
different inputs to choose from using `--input`, and an `--append` mode
on top of that. That would make your inputs truly mutually exclusive and
you don't need the bitfield anymore, as you mention above.  Hmm?

Would that mean that the falling back to `fill_oids_from_all_packs()`
would follow from "is there an --input?", as opposed to from "is there
an --input except --input=append?"?

(I don't know whether these inputs really *have* to be exclusive, or if
that's more of an implementation detail. That is, even without an
"append" input, might we one day be able to handle more inputs at once?
Maybe this is not the time to worry about that.)


Martin
Taylor Blau Feb. 4, 2020, 4:21 a.m. UTC | #3
On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 09:40:23AM -0500, Derrick Stolee wrote:
> On 1/30/2020 7:28 PM, Taylor Blau wrote:
> > The 'write' mode of the 'commit-graph' supports input from a number of
> > different sources: pack indexes over stdin, commits over stdin, commits
> > reachable from all references, and so on. Each of these options are
> > specified with a unique option: '--stdin-packs', '--stdin-commits', etc.
> >
> > Similar to our replacement of 'git config [--<type>]' with 'git config
> > [--type=<type>]' (c.f., fb0dc3bac1 (builtin/config.c: support
> > `--type=<type>` as preferred alias for `--<type>`, 2018-04-18)), softly
> > deprecate '[--<input>]' in favor of '[--input=<source>]'.
> >
> > This makes it more clear to implement new options that are combinations
> > of other options (such as, for example, "none", a combination of the old
> > "--append" and a new sentinel to specify to _not_ look in other packs,
> > which we will implement in a future patch).
> >
> > Unfortunately, the new enumerated type is a bitfield, even though it
> > makes much more sense as '0, 1, 2, ...'. Even though *almost* all
> > options are pairwise exclusive, '--stdin-{packs,commits}' *is*
> > compatible with '--append'. For this reason, use a bitfield.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt | 26 +++++-----
> >  builtin/commit-graph.c             | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> >  t/t5318-commit-graph.sh            | 46 +++++++++---------
> >  t/t5324-split-commit-graph.sh      | 44 ++++++++---------
> >  4 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 79 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
> > index 8d61ba9f56..cbf80226e9 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
> > @@ -41,21 +41,21 @@ COMMANDS
> >
> >  Write a commit-graph file based on the commits found in packfiles.
> >  +
> > -With the `--stdin-packs` option, generate the new commit graph by
> > +With the `--input=stdin-packs` option, generate the new commit graph by
> >  walking objects only in the specified pack-indexes. (Cannot be combined
> > -with `--stdin-commits` or `--reachable`.)
> > +with `--input=stdin-commits` or `--input=reachable`.)
> >  +
> > -With the `--stdin-commits` option, generate the new commit graph by
> > -walking commits starting at the commits specified in stdin as a list
> > +With the `--input=stdin-commits` option, generate the new commit graph
> > +by walking commits starting at the commits specified in stdin as a list
> >  of OIDs in hex, one OID per line. (Cannot be combined with
> > -`--stdin-packs` or `--reachable`.)
> > +`--input=stdin-packs` or `--input=reachable`.)
> >  +
> > -With the `--reachable` option, generate the new commit graph by walking
> > -commits starting at all refs. (Cannot be combined with `--stdin-commits`
> > -or `--stdin-packs`.)
> > +With the `--input=reachable` option, generate the new commit graph by
> > +walking commits starting at all refs. (Cannot be combined with
> > +`--input=stdin-commits` or `--input=stdin-packs`.)
> >  +
> > -With the `--append` option, include all commits that are present in the
> > -existing commit-graph file.
> > +With the `--input=append` option, include all commits that are present
> > +in the existing commit-graph file.
> >  +
> >  With the `--split[=<strategy>]` option, write the commit-graph as a
> >  chain of multiple commit-graph files stored in
> > @@ -107,20 +107,20 @@ $ git commit-graph write
> >    using commits in `<pack-index>`.
> >  +
> >  ------------------------------------------------
> > -$ echo <pack-index> | git commit-graph write --stdin-packs
> > +$ echo <pack-index> | git commit-graph write --input=stdin-packs
> >  ------------------------------------------------
> >
> >  * Write a commit-graph file containing all reachable commits.
> >  +
> >  ------------------------------------------------
> > -$ git show-ref -s | git commit-graph write --stdin-commits
> > +$ git show-ref -s | git commit-graph write --input=stdin-commits
> >  ------------------------------------------------
> >
> >  * Write a commit-graph file containing all commits in the current
> >    commit-graph file along with those reachable from `HEAD`.
> >  +
> >  ------------------------------------------------
> > -$ git rev-parse HEAD | git commit-graph write --stdin-commits --append
> > +$ git rev-parse HEAD | git commit-graph write --input=stdin-commits --input=append
> >  ------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > diff --git a/builtin/commit-graph.c b/builtin/commit-graph.c
> > index f03b46d627..03d815e652 100644
> > --- a/builtin/commit-graph.c
> > +++ b/builtin/commit-graph.c
> > @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
> >  static char const * const builtin_commit_graph_usage[] = {
> >  	N_("git commit-graph verify [--object-dir <objdir>] [--shallow] [--[no-]progress]"),
> >  	N_("git commit-graph write [--object-dir <objdir>] [--append] "
> > -	   "[--split[=<strategy>]] [--reachable|--stdin-packs|--stdin-commits] "
> > +	   "[--split[=<strategy>]] [--input=<reachable|stdin-packs|stdin-commits>] "
> >  	   "[--[no-]progress] <split options>"),
> >  	NULL
> >  };
> > @@ -22,22 +22,48 @@ static const char * const builtin_commit_graph_verify_usage[] = {
> >
> >  static const char * const builtin_commit_graph_write_usage[] = {
> >  	N_("git commit-graph write [--object-dir <objdir>] [--append] "
> > -	   "[--split[=<strategy>]] [--reachable|--stdin-packs|--stdin-commits] "
> > +	   "[--split[=<strategy>]] [--input=<reachable|stdin-packs|stdin-commits>] "
> >  	   "[--[no-]progress] <split options>"),
> >  	NULL
> >  };
> >
> > +enum commit_graph_input {
> > +	COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_REACHABLE     = (1 << 1),
> > +	COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_PACKS   = (1 << 2),
> > +	COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_COMMITS = (1 << 3),
> > +	COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_APPEND        = (1 << 4)
> > +};
> > +
> >  static struct opts_commit_graph {
> >  	const char *obj_dir;
> > -	int reachable;
> > -	int stdin_packs;
> > -	int stdin_commits;
> > -	int append;
> > +	enum commit_graph_input input;
> >  	int split;
> >  	int shallow;
> >  	int progress;
> >  } opts;
> >
> > +static int option_parse_input(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
> > +			      int unset)
> > +{
> > +	enum commit_graph_input *to = opt->value;
> > +	if (unset || !strcmp(arg, "packs")) {
> > +		*to = 0;
> > +		return 0;
> > +	}
>
> Here, you _do_ clear the bitfield, allowing "--input=reachable --input"
> to do the correct override. Thanks!
>
> > +
> > +	if (!strcmp(arg, "reachable"))
> > +		*to |= COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_REACHABLE;
> > +	else if (!strcmp(arg, "stdin-packs"))
> > +		*to |= COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_PACKS;
> > +	else if (!strcmp(arg, "stdin-commits"))
> > +		*to |= COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_COMMITS;
> > +	else if (!strcmp(arg, "append"))
> > +		*to |= COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_APPEND;
> > +	else
> > +		die(_("unrecognized --input source, %s"), arg);
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> >  static struct object_directory *find_odb_or_die(struct repository *r,
> >  						const char *obj_dir)
> >  {
> > @@ -137,14 +163,21 @@ static int graph_write(int argc, const char **argv)
> >  		OPT_STRING(0, "object-dir", &opts.obj_dir,
> >  			N_("dir"),
> >  			N_("The object directory to store the graph")),
> > -		OPT_BOOL(0, "reachable", &opts.reachable,
> > -			N_("start walk at all refs")),
> > -		OPT_BOOL(0, "stdin-packs", &opts.stdin_packs,
> > -			N_("scan pack-indexes listed by stdin for commits")),
> > -		OPT_BOOL(0, "stdin-commits", &opts.stdin_commits,
> > -			N_("start walk at commits listed by stdin")),
> > -		OPT_BOOL(0, "append", &opts.append,
> > -			N_("include all commits already in the commit-graph file")),
> > +		OPT_CALLBACK(0, "input", &opts.input, NULL,
> > +			N_("include commits from this source in the graph"),
> > +			option_parse_input),
> > +		OPT_BIT(0, "reachable", &opts.input,
> > +			N_("start walk at all refs"),
> > +			COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_REACHABLE),
> > +		OPT_BIT(0, "stdin-packs", &opts.input,
> > +			N_("scan pack-indexes listed by stdin for commits"),
> > +			COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_PACKS),
> > +		OPT_BIT(0, "stdin-commits", &opts.input,
> > +			N_("start walk at commits listed by stdin"),
> > +			COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_COMMITS),
> > +		OPT_BIT(0, "append", &opts.input,
> > +			N_("include all commits already in the commit-graph file"),
> > +			COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_APPEND),
>
> Since you are rewriting how we interpret the deprecated options, perhaps we
> should keep some tests around that call these versions? It would make the
> test diff be a bit smaller. These options can be removed from the tests if/when
> we actually remove the options.

That sounds good. I thought about doing this in the original round, but
I talked myself out of it because it wasn't clear to me which tests were
the ones worth converting and which should be left alone.

But, since you think it's good, so do I. I picked the ones to convert
mostly at random, and left the new ones as-is using the '--input=' form.

> > @@ -351,10 +351,10 @@ test_expect_success '--split=merge-all always merges incrementals' '
> >  	git rev-list -3 HEAD~4 >a &&
> >  	git rev-list -2 HEAD~2 >b &&
> >  	git rev-list -2 HEAD >c &&
> > -	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --stdin-commits <a &&
> > -	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --stdin-commits <b &&
> > +	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --input=stdin-commits <a &&
> > +	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --input=stdin-commits <b &&
> >  	test_line_count = 2 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
> > -	git commit-graph write --split=merge-all --stdin-commits <c &&
> > +	git commit-graph write --split=merge-all --input=stdin-commits <c &&
> >  	test_line_count = 1 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain
> >  '
> >
> > @@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ test_expect_success '--split=no-merge always writes an incremental' '
> >  	git reset --hard commits/2 &&
> >  	git rev-list HEAD~1 >a &&
> >  	git rev-list HEAD >b &&
> > -	git commit-graph write --split --stdin-commits <a &&
> > -	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --stdin-commits <b &&
> > +	git commit-graph write --split --input=stdin-commits <a &&
> > +	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --input=stdin-commits <b &&
> >  	test_line_count = 2 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain
> >  '
>
> Updating these new tests with the given options is good. Perhaps convert only one
> of the old tests for each of the stdin-packs, reachable, "", and "append" options?

Yup, thanks.

> Thanks,
> -Stolee

Thanks,
Taylor
Taylor Blau Feb. 4, 2020, 4:51 a.m. UTC | #4
On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 08:34:41PM +0100, Martin Ågren wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 at 01:30, Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> wrote:
> > The 'write' mode of the 'commit-graph' supports input from a number of
> > different sources: pack indexes over stdin, commits over stdin, commits
> > reachable from all references, and so on. Each of these options are
> > specified with a unique option: '--stdin-packs', '--stdin-commits', etc.
> >
> > Similar to our replacement of 'git config [--<type>]' with 'git config
> > [--type=<type>]' (c.f., fb0dc3bac1 (builtin/config.c: support
> > `--type=<type>` as preferred alias for `--<type>`, 2018-04-18)), softly
> > deprecate '[--<input>]' in favor of '[--input=<source>]'.
> >
> > This makes it more clear to implement new options that are combinations
> > of other options (such as, for example, "none", a combination of the old
> > "--append" and a new sentinel to specify to _not_ look in other packs,
> > which we will implement in a future patch).
>
> Makes sense.
>
> > Unfortunately, the new enumerated type is a bitfield, even though it
> > makes much more sense as '0, 1, 2, ...'. Even though *almost* all
> > options are pairwise exclusive, '--stdin-{packs,commits}' *is*
> > compatible with '--append'. For this reason, use a bitfield.
>
> > -With the `--append` option, include all commits that are present in the
> > -existing commit-graph file.
> > +With the `--input=append` option, include all commits that are present
> > +in the existing commit-graph file.
>
> Would it be too crazy to call this `--input=existing` instead, and have
> it be the same as `--append`? I find that `--append` makes a lot of
> sense (it's a mode we can turn on or off), whereas "input = append"
> seems more odd.

Hmm. When I wrote this, I was thinking of introducing equivalent options
that are identical in name and functionality as '--input=<mode>' instead
of '--<mode>'. So, I guess that is to say that I didn't spend an awful
amount of time thinking about whether or not '--input=append' made sense
given anything else.

So, I don't think that '--input=existing' is a bad idea at all, but I do
worry about advertising this deprecation as "'--<mode>' becomes
'--input=<mode>', except when your mode is 'append', in which case it
becomes '--input=existing'".

I suppose that, on the other hand, if we *were* to introduce such a
change, now would be the time to do it, before '--input=<mode>' is on
master and tagged in a release, but I'm not sure that '--input=append'
is so much worse.

I'm inclined to leave it as is, unless there are others that feel
strongly, in which case we can/should come back to it before this moves
towards being queued.

> >From the next commit message, we learn that a long `--input=append`
> triggers `fill_oids_from_all_packs()`, which wouldn't match my expecting
> from "--input=existing". So...
>
> Does this hint that we could leave `--append` alone? We'd have lots of
> different inputs to choose from using `--input`, and an `--append` mode
> on top of that. That would make your inputs truly mutually exclusive and
> you don't need the bitfield anymore, as you mention above.  Hmm?
>
> Would that mean that the falling back to `fill_oids_from_all_packs()`
> would follow from "is there an --input?", as opposed to from "is there
> an --input except --input=append?"?
>
> (I don't know whether these inputs really *have* to be exclusive, or if
> that's more of an implementation detail. That is, even without an
> "append" input, might we one day be able to handle more inputs at once?
> Maybe this is not the time to worry about that.)
>
> Martin

Thanks,
Taylor
SZEDER Gábor Feb. 13, 2020, 11:33 a.m. UTC | #5
On Mon, Feb 03, 2020 at 08:51:24PM -0800, Taylor Blau wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 08:34:41PM +0100, Martin Ågren wrote:
> > On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 at 01:30, Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> wrote:
> > > The 'write' mode of the 'commit-graph' supports input from a number of

s/mode/subcommand/

> > > different sources:

I note that you use the word "sources" here, in the subject line as
well (as '--input=<source>'), and in the code as well (e.g.  the in
the error message "unrecognized --input source, %s").  I like this
word, I think the words "input" and "source" go really well together.

> > > pack indexes over stdin, commits over stdin, commits
> > > reachable from all references, and so on.

It's interesting to see that you stopped listing and went for "and so
on" right when it got interesting/controversial with '--append'... :)

> > > Each of these options are
> > > specified with a unique option: '--stdin-packs', '--stdin-commits', etc.

It also supports the very inefficient scanning through all objects in
all pack files to find commit objects, which, sadly, ended up being
the default, and thus doesn't have its own --option.  Should there be
a corresponding '--input=<source>' as well?  (Note that I don't mean
this as a suggestion to add one; on the contrary, the less exposure it
gets the better.)

> > > Similar to our replacement of 'git config [--<type>]' with 'git config
> > > [--type=<type>]' (c.f., fb0dc3bac1 (builtin/config.c: support
> > > `--type=<type>` as preferred alias for `--<type>`, 2018-04-18)), softly
> > > deprecate '[--<input>]' in favor of '[--input=<source>]'.
> > >
> > > This makes it more clear to implement new options that are combinations
> > > of other options (such as, for example, "none", a combination of the old
> > > "--append" and a new sentinel to specify to _not_ look in other packs,
> > > which we will implement in a future patch).
> >
> > Makes sense.
> >
> > > Unfortunately, the new enumerated type is a bitfield, even though it
> > > makes much more sense as '0, 1, 2, ...'. Even though *almost* all
> > > options are pairwise exclusive, '--stdin-{packs,commits}' *is*
> > > compatible with '--append'. For this reason, use a bitfield.
> >
> > > -With the `--append` option, include all commits that are present in the
> > > -existing commit-graph file.
> > > +With the `--input=append` option, include all commits that are present
> > > +in the existing commit-graph file.
> >
> > Would it be too crazy to call this `--input=existing` instead, and have
> > it be the same as `--append`? I find that `--append` makes a lot of
> > sense (it's a mode we can turn on or off), whereas "input = append"
> > seems more odd.
> 
> Hmm. When I wrote this, I was thinking of introducing equivalent options
> that are identical in name and functionality as '--input=<mode>' instead
> of '--<mode>'. So, I guess that is to say that I didn't spend an awful
> amount of time thinking about whether or not '--input=append' made sense
> given anything else.
> 
> So, I don't think that '--input=existing' is a bad idea at all, but I do
> worry about advertising this deprecation as "'--<mode>' becomes
> '--input=<mode>', except when your mode is 'append', in which case it
> becomes '--input=existing'".

But here you suddenly start using the word "mode" both in
'--input=<mode>' and in '--<mode>'.

On one hand, I don't think that the word "mode" goes as well with
"input" as "source" does.

On the other, is '--append' really a source/mode, like '--reachable'
and '--stdin-commits' are?  Source, no: from wordsmithing perspective
it doesn't fit with "source", and being orthogonal to the "real"
source options while they are mutually exclusive seems to be a clear
indication that it isn't.  Mode, yes: it's a mode of operation where
no longer reachable/present commits are not discarded from the
commit-graph.

So I don't think that adding '--input=append' is a good idea, even if
we were call it differently, e.g. '--input=existing' as suggested
above.

However, I do think that '--input=existing' would better express what
'--input=none' in the next patch wants to achieve.
SZEDER Gábor Feb. 13, 2020, 11:48 a.m. UTC | #6
On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 12:33:13PM +0100, SZEDER Gábor wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 03, 2020 at 08:51:24PM -0800, Taylor Blau wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 08:34:41PM +0100, Martin Ågren wrote:
> > > On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 at 01:30, Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> wrote:
> > > > The 'write' mode of the 'commit-graph' supports input from a number of
> 
> s/mode/subcommand/
> 
> > > > different sources:
> 
> I note that you use the word "sources" here, in the subject line as
> well (as '--input=<source>'), and in the code as well (e.g.  the in
> the error message "unrecognized --input source, %s").  I like this
> word, I think the words "input" and "source" go really well together.
> 
> > > > pack indexes over stdin, commits over stdin, commits
> > > > reachable from all references, and so on.
> 
> It's interesting to see that you stopped listing and went for "and so
> on" right when it got interesting/controversial with '--append'... :)
> 
> > > > Each of these options are
> > > > specified with a unique option: '--stdin-packs', '--stdin-commits', etc.
> 
> It also supports the very inefficient scanning through all objects in
> all pack files to find commit objects, which, sadly, ended up being
> the default, and thus doesn't have its own --option.  Should there be
> a corresponding '--input=<source>' as well?  (Note that I don't mean
> this as a suggestion to add one; on the contrary, the less exposure it
> gets the better.)
> 
> > > > Similar to our replacement of 'git config [--<type>]' with 'git config
> > > > [--type=<type>]' (c.f., fb0dc3bac1 (builtin/config.c: support
> > > > `--type=<type>` as preferred alias for `--<type>`, 2018-04-18)), softly
> > > > deprecate '[--<input>]' in favor of '[--input=<source>]'.
> > > >
> > > > This makes it more clear to implement new options that are combinations
> > > > of other options (such as, for example, "none", a combination of the old
> > > > "--append" and a new sentinel to specify to _not_ look in other packs,
> > > > which we will implement in a future patch).
> > >
> > > Makes sense.
> > >
> > > > Unfortunately, the new enumerated type is a bitfield, even though it
> > > > makes much more sense as '0, 1, 2, ...'. Even though *almost* all
> > > > options are pairwise exclusive, '--stdin-{packs,commits}' *is*
> > > > compatible with '--append'. For this reason, use a bitfield.
> > >
> > > > -With the `--append` option, include all commits that are present in the
> > > > -existing commit-graph file.
> > > > +With the `--input=append` option, include all commits that are present
> > > > +in the existing commit-graph file.
> > >
> > > Would it be too crazy to call this `--input=existing` instead, and have
> > > it be the same as `--append`? I find that `--append` makes a lot of
> > > sense (it's a mode we can turn on or off), whereas "input = append"
> > > seems more odd.
> > 
> > Hmm. When I wrote this, I was thinking of introducing equivalent options
> > that are identical in name and functionality as '--input=<mode>' instead
> > of '--<mode>'. So, I guess that is to say that I didn't spend an awful
> > amount of time thinking about whether or not '--input=append' made sense
> > given anything else.
> > 
> > So, I don't think that '--input=existing' is a bad idea at all, but I do
> > worry about advertising this deprecation as "'--<mode>' becomes
> > '--input=<mode>', except when your mode is 'append', in which case it
> > becomes '--input=existing'".
> 
> But here you suddenly start using the word "mode" both in
> '--input=<mode>' and in '--<mode>'.
> 
> On one hand, I don't think that the word "mode" goes as well with
> "input" as "source" does.
> 
> On the other, is '--append' really a source/mode, like '--reachable'
> and '--stdin-commits' are?

Well, re-reading this question got me confused right after sending it,
so let me try to rephrase.

Is '--append' really a "source", like '--reachable' and
'--stdin-commits' are?  No:

>  Source, no: from wordsmithing perspective
> it doesn't fit with "source", and being orthogonal to the "real"
> source options while they are mutually exclusive seems to be a clear
> indication that it isn't.

Or is it a "mode" modifying how other options are handled?  Yes:

> Mode, yes: it's a mode of operation where
> no longer reachable/present commits are not discarded from the
> commit-graph.
> 
> So I don't think that adding '--input=append' is a good idea, even if
> we were call it differently, e.g. '--input=existing' as suggested
> above.
> 
> However, I do think that '--input=existing' would better express what
> '--input=none' in the next patch wants to achieve.
>
Taylor Blau Feb. 13, 2020, 5:56 p.m. UTC | #7
On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 12:48:00PM +0100, SZEDER Gábor wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 12:33:13PM +0100, SZEDER Gábor wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 03, 2020 at 08:51:24PM -0800, Taylor Blau wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 08:34:41PM +0100, Martin Ågren wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 31 Jan 2020 at 01:30, Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> wrote:
> > > > > The 'write' mode of the 'commit-graph' supports input from a number of
> >
> > s/mode/subcommand/

Sure.

> > > > > different sources:
> >
> > I note that you use the word "sources" here, in the subject line as
> > well (as '--input=<source>'), and in the code as well (e.g.  the in
> > the error message "unrecognized --input source, %s").  I like this
> > word, I think the words "input" and "source" go really well together.
> >
> > > > > pack indexes over stdin, commits over stdin, commits
> > > > > reachable from all references, and so on.
> >
> > It's interesting to see that you stopped listing and went for "and so
> > on" right when it got interesting/controversial with '--append'... :)

Only because I figured that I had illustrated the point as "here are the
input sources that we currently understand", like "--stdin-packs",
"--stdin-commits", and so on, not because I find this option to be
controversial.

> > > > > Each of these options are
> > > > > specified with a unique option: '--stdin-packs', '--stdin-commits', etc.
> >
> > It also supports the very inefficient scanning through all objects in
> > all pack files to find commit objects, which, sadly, ended up being
> > the default, and thus doesn't have its own --option.  Should there be
> > a corresponding '--input=<source>' as well?  (Note that I don't mean
> > this as a suggestion to add one; on the contrary, the less exposure it
> > gets the better.)

Maybe... although I (like you, I think) have a hard time imagining that
this would ever get used, since it *is* the default source of input, so
you could just as easily *not* write '--input' anything and get the same
effect.

> > > > > Similar to our replacement of 'git config [--<type>]' with 'git config
> > > > > [--type=<type>]' (c.f., fb0dc3bac1 (builtin/config.c: support
> > > > > `--type=<type>` as preferred alias for `--<type>`, 2018-04-18)), softly
> > > > > deprecate '[--<input>]' in favor of '[--input=<source>]'.
> > > > >
> > > > > This makes it more clear to implement new options that are combinations
> > > > > of other options (such as, for example, "none", a combination of the old
> > > > > "--append" and a new sentinel to specify to _not_ look in other packs,
> > > > > which we will implement in a future patch).
> > > >
> > > > Makes sense.
> > > >
> > > > > Unfortunately, the new enumerated type is a bitfield, even though it
> > > > > makes much more sense as '0, 1, 2, ...'. Even though *almost* all
> > > > > options are pairwise exclusive, '--stdin-{packs,commits}' *is*
> > > > > compatible with '--append'. For this reason, use a bitfield.
> > > >
> > > > > -With the `--append` option, include all commits that are present in the
> > > > > -existing commit-graph file.
> > > > > +With the `--input=append` option, include all commits that are present
> > > > > +in the existing commit-graph file.
> > > >
> > > > Would it be too crazy to call this `--input=existing` instead, and have
> > > > it be the same as `--append`? I find that `--append` makes a lot of
> > > > sense (it's a mode we can turn on or off), whereas "input = append"
> > > > seems more odd.

I don't think that I have a strong preference here, since I don't find
'--input=append' to be out of the ordinary, so I'd be happy with either.
If you'd strongly prefer that we call this '--input=existing', then
that's fine with me.

I called it '--input=append' to translate 1-to-1 from '--<source>' to
'--input=<source>'. I would worry a little about saying, "yeah, if you
want to use the new '--input'-style options, just write what you used to
write *unless* that thing is '--append' in which case write 'existing'
instead".

Maybe '--append' was poorly-named to begin with, so I think the
question is really: if we believe that it is poorly named, is now the
right time to correct that naming?

> > > Hmm. When I wrote this, I was thinking of introducing equivalent options
> > > that are identical in name and functionality as '--input=<mode>' instead
> > > of '--<mode>'. So, I guess that is to say that I didn't spend an awful
> > > amount of time thinking about whether or not '--input=append' made sense
> > > given anything else.
> > >
> > > So, I don't think that '--input=existing' is a bad idea at all, but I do
> > > worry about advertising this deprecation as "'--<mode>' becomes
> > > '--input=<mode>', except when your mode is 'append', in which case it
> > > becomes '--input=existing'".
> >
> > But here you suddenly start using the word "mode" both in
> > '--input=<mode>' and in '--<mode>'.
> >
> > On one hand, I don't think that the word "mode" goes as well with
> > "input" as "source" does.
> >
> > On the other, is '--append' really a source/mode, like '--reachable'
> > and '--stdin-commits' are?
>
> Well, re-reading this question got me confused right after sending it,
> so let me try to rephrase.
>
> Is '--append' really a "source", like '--reachable' and
> '--stdin-commits' are?  No:
>
> >  Source, no: from wordsmithing perspective
> > it doesn't fit with "source", and being orthogonal to the "real"
> > source options while they are mutually exclusive seems to be a clear
> > indication that it isn't.
>
> Or is it a "mode" modifying how other options are handled?  Yes:
>
> > Mode, yes: it's a mode of operation where
> > no longer reachable/present commits are not discarded from the
> > commit-graph.
> >
> > So I don't think that adding '--input=append' is a good idea, even if
> > we were call it differently, e.g. '--input=existing' as suggested
> > above.
> >
> > However, I do think that '--input=existing' would better express what
> > '--input=none' in the next patch wants to achieve.

So, I guess I'm left wondering what we can do to move forward here. For
my part, I see a couple of options:

  (a) we could replace every instance of '--input=<source>' with
      '--input=<mode>', which seems it would make "append" a valid
      pattern-match for "mode", and move on.

  (b) we could stick with '--input=<source>' and 's/append/existing',
      and move on

  (c) or do something else that I didn't think of here and go forward
      with that instead.

Let me know which you'd prefer that I do, and I'd be happy to send an
updated version of the series for you to look at.

Thanks,
Taylor
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
index 8d61ba9f56..cbf80226e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-commit-graph.txt
@@ -41,21 +41,21 @@  COMMANDS
 
 Write a commit-graph file based on the commits found in packfiles.
 +
-With the `--stdin-packs` option, generate the new commit graph by
+With the `--input=stdin-packs` option, generate the new commit graph by
 walking objects only in the specified pack-indexes. (Cannot be combined
-with `--stdin-commits` or `--reachable`.)
+with `--input=stdin-commits` or `--input=reachable`.)
 +
-With the `--stdin-commits` option, generate the new commit graph by
-walking commits starting at the commits specified in stdin as a list
+With the `--input=stdin-commits` option, generate the new commit graph
+by walking commits starting at the commits specified in stdin as a list
 of OIDs in hex, one OID per line. (Cannot be combined with
-`--stdin-packs` or `--reachable`.)
+`--input=stdin-packs` or `--input=reachable`.)
 +
-With the `--reachable` option, generate the new commit graph by walking
-commits starting at all refs. (Cannot be combined with `--stdin-commits`
-or `--stdin-packs`.)
+With the `--input=reachable` option, generate the new commit graph by
+walking commits starting at all refs. (Cannot be combined with
+`--input=stdin-commits` or `--input=stdin-packs`.)
 +
-With the `--append` option, include all commits that are present in the
-existing commit-graph file.
+With the `--input=append` option, include all commits that are present
+in the existing commit-graph file.
 +
 With the `--split[=<strategy>]` option, write the commit-graph as a
 chain of multiple commit-graph files stored in
@@ -107,20 +107,20 @@  $ git commit-graph write
   using commits in `<pack-index>`.
 +
 ------------------------------------------------
-$ echo <pack-index> | git commit-graph write --stdin-packs
+$ echo <pack-index> | git commit-graph write --input=stdin-packs
 ------------------------------------------------
 
 * Write a commit-graph file containing all reachable commits.
 +
 ------------------------------------------------
-$ git show-ref -s | git commit-graph write --stdin-commits
+$ git show-ref -s | git commit-graph write --input=stdin-commits
 ------------------------------------------------
 
 * Write a commit-graph file containing all commits in the current
   commit-graph file along with those reachable from `HEAD`.
 +
 ------------------------------------------------
-$ git rev-parse HEAD | git commit-graph write --stdin-commits --append
+$ git rev-parse HEAD | git commit-graph write --input=stdin-commits --input=append
 ------------------------------------------------
 
 
diff --git a/builtin/commit-graph.c b/builtin/commit-graph.c
index f03b46d627..03d815e652 100644
--- a/builtin/commit-graph.c
+++ b/builtin/commit-graph.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ 
 static char const * const builtin_commit_graph_usage[] = {
 	N_("git commit-graph verify [--object-dir <objdir>] [--shallow] [--[no-]progress]"),
 	N_("git commit-graph write [--object-dir <objdir>] [--append] "
-	   "[--split[=<strategy>]] [--reachable|--stdin-packs|--stdin-commits] "
+	   "[--split[=<strategy>]] [--input=<reachable|stdin-packs|stdin-commits>] "
 	   "[--[no-]progress] <split options>"),
 	NULL
 };
@@ -22,22 +22,48 @@  static const char * const builtin_commit_graph_verify_usage[] = {
 
 static const char * const builtin_commit_graph_write_usage[] = {
 	N_("git commit-graph write [--object-dir <objdir>] [--append] "
-	   "[--split[=<strategy>]] [--reachable|--stdin-packs|--stdin-commits] "
+	   "[--split[=<strategy>]] [--input=<reachable|stdin-packs|stdin-commits>] "
 	   "[--[no-]progress] <split options>"),
 	NULL
 };
 
+enum commit_graph_input {
+	COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_REACHABLE     = (1 << 1),
+	COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_PACKS   = (1 << 2),
+	COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_COMMITS = (1 << 3),
+	COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_APPEND        = (1 << 4)
+};
+
 static struct opts_commit_graph {
 	const char *obj_dir;
-	int reachable;
-	int stdin_packs;
-	int stdin_commits;
-	int append;
+	enum commit_graph_input input;
 	int split;
 	int shallow;
 	int progress;
 } opts;
 
+static int option_parse_input(const struct option *opt, const char *arg,
+			      int unset)
+{
+	enum commit_graph_input *to = opt->value;
+	if (unset || !strcmp(arg, "packs")) {
+		*to = 0;
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!strcmp(arg, "reachable"))
+		*to |= COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_REACHABLE;
+	else if (!strcmp(arg, "stdin-packs"))
+		*to |= COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_PACKS;
+	else if (!strcmp(arg, "stdin-commits"))
+		*to |= COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_COMMITS;
+	else if (!strcmp(arg, "append"))
+		*to |= COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_APPEND;
+	else
+		die(_("unrecognized --input source, %s"), arg);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static struct object_directory *find_odb_or_die(struct repository *r,
 						const char *obj_dir)
 {
@@ -137,14 +163,21 @@  static int graph_write(int argc, const char **argv)
 		OPT_STRING(0, "object-dir", &opts.obj_dir,
 			N_("dir"),
 			N_("The object directory to store the graph")),
-		OPT_BOOL(0, "reachable", &opts.reachable,
-			N_("start walk at all refs")),
-		OPT_BOOL(0, "stdin-packs", &opts.stdin_packs,
-			N_("scan pack-indexes listed by stdin for commits")),
-		OPT_BOOL(0, "stdin-commits", &opts.stdin_commits,
-			N_("start walk at commits listed by stdin")),
-		OPT_BOOL(0, "append", &opts.append,
-			N_("include all commits already in the commit-graph file")),
+		OPT_CALLBACK(0, "input", &opts.input, NULL,
+			N_("include commits from this source in the graph"),
+			option_parse_input),
+		OPT_BIT(0, "reachable", &opts.input,
+			N_("start walk at all refs"),
+			COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_REACHABLE),
+		OPT_BIT(0, "stdin-packs", &opts.input,
+			N_("scan pack-indexes listed by stdin for commits"),
+			COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_PACKS),
+		OPT_BIT(0, "stdin-commits", &opts.input,
+			N_("start walk at commits listed by stdin"),
+			COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_COMMITS),
+		OPT_BIT(0, "append", &opts.input,
+			N_("include all commits already in the commit-graph file"),
+			COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_APPEND),
 		OPT_BOOL(0, "progress", &opts.progress, N_("force progress reporting")),
 		OPT_CALLBACK_F(0, "split", &split_opts.flags, NULL,
 			N_("allow writing an incremental commit-graph file"),
@@ -170,11 +203,13 @@  static int graph_write(int argc, const char **argv)
 			     builtin_commit_graph_write_options,
 			     builtin_commit_graph_write_usage, 0);
 
-	if (opts.reachable + opts.stdin_packs + opts.stdin_commits > 1)
-		die(_("use at most one of --reachable, --stdin-commits, or --stdin-packs"));
+	if ((!!(opts.input & COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_REACHABLE) +
+	     !!(opts.input & COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_PACKS) +
+	     !!(opts.input & COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_COMMITS)) > 1)
+		die(_("use at most one of --input=reachable, --input=stdin-commits, or --input=stdin-packs"));
 	if (!opts.obj_dir)
 		opts.obj_dir = get_object_directory();
-	if (opts.append)
+	if (opts.input & COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_APPEND)
 		flags |= COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_APPEND;
 	if (opts.split)
 		flags |= COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_SPLIT;
@@ -184,22 +219,22 @@  static int graph_write(int argc, const char **argv)
 	read_replace_refs = 0;
 	odb = find_odb_or_die(the_repository, opts.obj_dir);
 
-	if (opts.reachable) {
+	if (opts.input & COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_REACHABLE) {
 		if (write_commit_graph_reachable(odb, flags, &split_opts))
 			return 1;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	string_list_init(&lines, 0);
-	if (opts.stdin_packs || opts.stdin_commits) {
+	if (opts.input & (COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_PACKS | COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_COMMITS)) {
 		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
 		while (strbuf_getline(&buf, stdin) != EOF)
 			string_list_append(&lines, strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL));
 
-		if (opts.stdin_packs)
+		if (opts.input & COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_PACKS)
 			pack_indexes = &lines;
-		if (opts.stdin_commits) {
+		if (opts.input & COMMIT_GRAPH_INPUT_STDIN_COMMITS) {
 			commit_hex = &lines;
 			flags |= COMMIT_GRAPH_WRITE_CHECK_OIDS;
 		}
diff --git a/t/t5318-commit-graph.sh b/t/t5318-commit-graph.sh
index 0bf98b56ec..6533724bc5 100755
--- a/t/t5318-commit-graph.sh
+++ b/t/t5318-commit-graph.sh
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@  test_expect_success 'write graph with no packs' '
 	test_path_is_missing $objdir/info/commit-graph
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'exit with correct error on bad input to --stdin-packs' '
+test_expect_success 'exit with correct error on bad input to --input=stdin-packs' '
 	cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/full" &&
 	echo doesnotexist >in &&
-	test_expect_code 1 git commit-graph write --stdin-packs <in 2>stderr &&
+	test_expect_code 1 git commit-graph write --input=stdin-packs <in 2>stderr &&
 	test_i18ngrep "error adding pack" stderr
 '
 
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@  test_expect_success 'create commits and repack' '
 	git repack
 '
 
-test_expect_success 'exit with correct error on bad input to --stdin-commits' '
+test_expect_success 'exit with correct error on bad input to --input=stdin-commits' '
 	cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/full" &&
-	echo HEAD | test_expect_code 1 git commit-graph write --stdin-commits 2>stderr &&
+	echo HEAD | test_expect_code 1 git commit-graph write --input=stdin-commits 2>stderr &&
 	test_i18ngrep "invalid commit object id" stderr &&
 	# valid tree OID, but not a commit OID
-	git rev-parse HEAD^{tree} | test_expect_code 1 git commit-graph write --stdin-commits 2>stderr &&
+	git rev-parse HEAD^{tree} | test_expect_code 1 git commit-graph write --input=stdin-commits 2>stderr &&
 	test_i18ngrep "invalid commit object id" stderr
 '
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@  graph_git_behavior 'cleared graph, commit 8 vs merge 2' full commits/8 merge/2
 
 test_expect_success 'build graph from latest pack with closure' '
 	cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/full" &&
-	cat new-idx | git commit-graph write --stdin-packs &&
+	cat new-idx | git commit-graph write --input=stdin-packs &&
 	test_path_is_file $objdir/info/commit-graph &&
 	graph_read_expect "9" "extra_edges"
 '
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@  test_expect_success 'build graph from commits with closure' '
 	git tag -a -m "merge" tag/merge merge/2 &&
 	git rev-parse tag/merge >commits-in &&
 	git rev-parse merge/1 >>commits-in &&
-	cat commits-in | git commit-graph write --stdin-commits &&
+	cat commits-in | git commit-graph write --input=stdin-commits &&
 	test_path_is_file $objdir/info/commit-graph &&
 	graph_read_expect "6"
 '
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@  graph_git_behavior 'graph from commits, commit 8 vs merge 2' full commits/8 merg
 
 test_expect_success 'build graph from commits with append' '
 	cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/full" &&
-	git rev-parse merge/3 | git commit-graph write --stdin-commits --append &&
+	git rev-parse merge/3 | git commit-graph write --input=stdin-commits --input=append &&
 	test_path_is_file $objdir/info/commit-graph &&
 	graph_read_expect "10" "extra_edges"
 '
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@  graph_git_behavior 'append graph, commit 8 vs merge 2' full commits/8 merge/2
 
 test_expect_success 'build graph using --reachable' '
 	cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/full" &&
-	git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+	git commit-graph write --input=reachable &&
 	test_path_is_file $objdir/info/commit-graph &&
 	graph_read_expect "11" "extra_edges"
 '
@@ -301,14 +301,14 @@  test_expect_success 'perform fast-forward merge in full repo' '
 test_expect_success 'check that gc computes commit-graph' '
 	cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/full" &&
 	git commit --allow-empty -m "blank" &&
-	git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+	git commit-graph write --input=reachable &&
 	cp $objdir/info/commit-graph commit-graph-before-gc &&
 	git reset --hard HEAD~1 &&
 	git config gc.writeCommitGraph true &&
 	git gc &&
 	cp $objdir/info/commit-graph commit-graph-after-gc &&
 	! test_cmp_bin commit-graph-before-gc commit-graph-after-gc &&
-	git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+	git commit-graph write --input=reachable &&
 	test_cmp_bin commit-graph-after-gc $objdir/info/commit-graph
 '
 
@@ -318,18 +318,18 @@  test_expect_success 'replace-objects invalidates commit-graph' '
 	git clone full replace &&
 	(
 		cd replace &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable &&
 		test_path_is_file .git/objects/info/commit-graph &&
 		git replace HEAD~1 HEAD~2 &&
 		git -c core.commitGraph=false log >expect &&
 		git -c core.commitGraph=true log >actual &&
 		test_cmp expect actual &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable &&
 		git -c core.commitGraph=false --no-replace-objects log >expect &&
 		git -c core.commitGraph=true --no-replace-objects log >actual &&
 		test_cmp expect actual &&
 		rm -rf .git/objects/info/commit-graph &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable &&
 		test_path_is_file .git/objects/info/commit-graph
 	)
 '
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@  test_expect_success 'commit grafts invalidate commit-graph' '
 	git clone full graft &&
 	(
 		cd graft &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable &&
 		test_path_is_file .git/objects/info/commit-graph &&
 		H1=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD~1) &&
 		H3=$(git rev-parse --verify HEAD~3) &&
@@ -348,12 +348,12 @@  test_expect_success 'commit grafts invalidate commit-graph' '
 		git -c core.commitGraph=false log >expect &&
 		git -c core.commitGraph=true log >actual &&
 		test_cmp expect actual &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable &&
 		git -c core.commitGraph=false --no-replace-objects log >expect &&
 		git -c core.commitGraph=true --no-replace-objects log >actual &&
 		test_cmp expect actual &&
 		rm -rf .git/objects/info/commit-graph &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable &&
 		test_path_is_missing .git/objects/info/commit-graph
 	)
 '
@@ -364,10 +364,10 @@  test_expect_success 'replace-objects invalidates commit-graph' '
 	git clone --depth 2 "file://$TRASH_DIRECTORY/full" shallow &&
 	(
 		cd shallow &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable &&
 		test_path_is_missing .git/objects/info/commit-graph &&
 		git fetch origin --unshallow &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable &&
 		test_path_is_file .git/objects/info/commit-graph
 	)
 '
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@  test_expect_success 'replace-objects invalidates commit-graph' '
 
 test_expect_success 'git commit-graph verify' '
 	cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY/full" &&
-	git rev-parse commits/8 | git commit-graph write --stdin-commits &&
+	git rev-parse commits/8 | git commit-graph write --input=stdin-commits &&
 	git commit-graph verify >output
 '
 
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@  test_expect_success 'setup non-the_repository tests' '
 	test_commit -C repo two &&
 	git -C repo config core.commitGraph true &&
 	git -C repo rev-parse two | \
-		git -C repo commit-graph write --stdin-commits
+		git -C repo commit-graph write --input=stdin-commits
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'parse_commit_in_graph works for non-the_repository' '
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@  test_expect_success 'corrupt commit-graph write (broken parent)' '
 		EOF
 		broken="$(git hash-object -w -t commit --literally broken)" &&
 		git commit-tree -p "$broken" -m "good commit" "$empty" >good &&
-		test_must_fail git commit-graph write --stdin-commits \
+		test_must_fail git commit-graph write --input=stdin-commits \
 			<good 2>test_err &&
 		test_i18ngrep "unable to parse commit" test_err
 	)
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@  test_expect_success 'corrupt commit-graph write (missing tree)' '
 		EOF
 		broken="$(git hash-object -w -t commit --literally broken)" &&
 		git commit-tree -p "$broken" -m "good" "$tree" >good &&
-		test_must_fail git commit-graph write --stdin-commits \
+		test_must_fail git commit-graph write --input=stdin-commits \
 			<good 2>test_err &&
 		test_i18ngrep "unable to parse commit" test_err
 	)
diff --git a/t/t5324-split-commit-graph.sh b/t/t5324-split-commit-graph.sh
index a165b48afe..dd74295885 100755
--- a/t/t5324-split-commit-graph.sh
+++ b/t/t5324-split-commit-graph.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@  test_expect_success 'create commits and write commit-graph' '
 		test_commit $i &&
 		git branch commits/$i || return 1
 	done &&
-	git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+	git commit-graph write --input=reachable &&
 	test_path_is_file $infodir/commit-graph &&
 	graph_read_expect 3
 '
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@  test_expect_success 'add more commits, and write a new base graph' '
 	git reset --hard commits/4 &&
 	git merge commits/6 &&
 	git branch merge/2 &&
-	git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+	git commit-graph write --input=reachable &&
 	graph_read_expect 12
 '
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@  test_expect_success 'fork and fail to base a chain on a commit-graph file' '
 		rm .git/objects/info/commit-graph &&
 		echo "$(pwd)/../.git/objects" >.git/objects/info/alternates &&
 		test_commit new-commit &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable --split &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable --split &&
 		test_path_is_file $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
 		test_line_count = 1 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
 		verify_chain_files_exist $graphdir
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@  test_expect_success 'add three more commits, write a tip graph' '
 	git merge commits/5 &&
 	git merge merge/2 &&
 	git branch merge/3 &&
-	git commit-graph write --reachable --split &&
+	git commit-graph write --input=reachable --split &&
 	test_path_is_missing $infodir/commit-graph &&
 	test_path_is_file $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
 	ls $graphdir/graph-*.graph >graph-files &&
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@  graph_git_behavior 'split commit-graph: merge 3 vs 2' merge/3 merge/2
 test_expect_success 'add one commit, write a tip graph' '
 	test_commit 11 &&
 	git branch commits/11 &&
-	git commit-graph write --reachable --split &&
+	git commit-graph write --input=reachable --split &&
 	test_path_is_missing $infodir/commit-graph &&
 	test_path_is_file $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
 	ls $graphdir/graph-*.graph >graph-files &&
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@  graph_git_behavior 'three-layer commit-graph: commit 11 vs 6' commits/11 commits
 test_expect_success 'add one commit, write a merged graph' '
 	test_commit 12 &&
 	git branch commits/12 &&
-	git commit-graph write --reachable --split &&
+	git commit-graph write --input=reachable --split &&
 	test_path_is_file $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
 	test_line_count = 2 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
 	ls $graphdir/graph-*.graph >graph-files &&
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@  test_expect_success 'create fork and chain across alternate' '
 		echo "$(pwd)/../.git/objects" >.git/objects/info/alternates &&
 		test_commit 13 &&
 		git branch commits/13 &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable --split &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable --split &&
 		test_path_is_file $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
 		test_line_count = 3 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
 		ls $graphdir/graph-*.graph >graph-files &&
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@  test_expect_success 'create fork and chain across alternate' '
 		git -c core.commitGraph=false rev-list HEAD >actual &&
 		test_cmp expect actual &&
 		test_commit 14 &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable --split --object-dir=.git/objects/ &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable --split --object-dir=.git/objects/ &&
 		test_line_count = 3 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
 		ls $graphdir/graph-*.graph >graph-files &&
 		test_line_count = 1 graph-files
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@  test_expect_success 'test merge stragety constants' '
 		git config core.commitGraph true &&
 		test_line_count = 2 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
 		test_commit 14 &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable --split --size-multiple=2 &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable --split --size-multiple=2 &&
 		test_line_count = 3 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain
 
 	) &&
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@  test_expect_success 'test merge stragety constants' '
 		git config core.commitGraph true &&
 		test_line_count = 2 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
 		test_commit 14 &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable --split --size-multiple=10 &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable --split --size-multiple=10 &&
 		test_line_count = 1 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
 		ls $graphdir/graph-*.graph >graph-files &&
 		test_line_count = 1 graph-files
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@  test_expect_success 'test merge stragety constants' '
 		git config core.commitGraph true &&
 		test_line_count = 2 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
 		test_commit 15 &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable --split --size-multiple=10 --expire-time=1980-01-01 &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable --split --size-multiple=10 --expire-time=1980-01-01 &&
 		test_line_count = 1 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
 		ls $graphdir/graph-*.graph >graph-files &&
 		test_line_count = 3 graph-files
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@  test_expect_success 'test merge stragety constants' '
 		test_line_count = 2 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
 		test_commit 16 &&
 		test_commit 17 &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable --split --max-commits=1 &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable --split --max-commits=1 &&
 		test_line_count = 1 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
 		ls $graphdir/graph-*.graph >graph-files &&
 		test_line_count = 1 graph-files
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@  test_expect_success 'remove commit-graph-chain file after flattening' '
 	(
 		cd flatten &&
 		test_line_count = 2 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable &&
 		test_path_is_missing $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
 		ls $graphdir >graph-files &&
 		test_line_count = 0 graph-files
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@  test_expect_success 'verify across alternates' '
 		echo "$altdir" >.git/objects/info/alternates &&
 		git commit-graph verify --object-dir="$altdir/" &&
 		test_commit extra &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable --split &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable --split &&
 		tip_file=$graphdir/graph-$(tail -n 1 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain).graph &&
 		corrupt_file "$tip_file" 100 "\01" &&
 		test_must_fail git commit-graph verify --shallow 2>test_err &&
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@  test_expect_success 'add octopus merge' '
 	git reset --hard commits/10 &&
 	git merge commits/3 commits/4 &&
 	git branch merge/octopus &&
-	git commit-graph write --reachable --split &&
+	git commit-graph write --input=reachable --split &&
 	git commit-graph verify --progress 2>err &&
 	test_line_count = 3 err &&
 	test_i18ngrep ! warning err &&
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@  test_expect_success 'add octopus merge' '
 graph_git_behavior 'graph exists' merge/octopus commits/12
 
 test_expect_success 'split across alternate where alternate is not split' '
-	git commit-graph write --reachable &&
+	git commit-graph write --input=reachable &&
 	test_path_is_file .git/objects/info/commit-graph &&
 	cp .git/objects/info/commit-graph . &&
 	git clone --no-hardlinks . alt-split &&
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@  test_expect_success 'split across alternate where alternate is not split' '
 		rm -f .git/objects/info/commit-graph &&
 		echo "$(pwd)"/../.git/objects >.git/objects/info/alternates &&
 		test_commit 18 &&
-		git commit-graph write --reachable --split &&
+		git commit-graph write --input=reachable --split &&
 		test_line_count = 1 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain
 	) &&
 	test_cmp commit-graph .git/objects/info/commit-graph
@@ -351,10 +351,10 @@  test_expect_success '--split=merge-all always merges incrementals' '
 	git rev-list -3 HEAD~4 >a &&
 	git rev-list -2 HEAD~2 >b &&
 	git rev-list -2 HEAD >c &&
-	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --stdin-commits <a &&
-	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --stdin-commits <b &&
+	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --input=stdin-commits <a &&
+	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --input=stdin-commits <b &&
 	test_line_count = 2 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain &&
-	git commit-graph write --split=merge-all --stdin-commits <c &&
+	git commit-graph write --split=merge-all --input=stdin-commits <c &&
 	test_line_count = 1 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain
 '
 
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@  test_expect_success '--split=no-merge always writes an incremental' '
 	git reset --hard commits/2 &&
 	git rev-list HEAD~1 >a &&
 	git rev-list HEAD >b &&
-	git commit-graph write --split --stdin-commits <a &&
-	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --stdin-commits <b &&
+	git commit-graph write --split --input=stdin-commits <a &&
+	git commit-graph write --split=no-merge --input=stdin-commits <b &&
 	test_line_count = 2 $graphdir/commit-graph-chain
 '