tree 6e876b45921426afa477472aeb5291e9e31071f0
parent 4a478edb443864561089b2699c9e65c85fc5e036
author Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com> 1636864182 -0500
committer Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com> 1638372436 +0000

project: migrate worktree .git/ dirs to symlinks

Historically we created a .git/ subdir in each source checkout and
symlinked individual files to the .repo/projects/ paths.  This layer
of indirection isn't actually needed: the .repo/projects/ paths are
guaranteed to only ever have a 1-to-1 mapping with the actual git
checkout.  So we don't need to worry about having files in .git/ be
isolated.

To that end, change how we manage the actual project checkouts from
a dir full of symlinks (and a few files) to a symlink to the internal
.repo/projects/ dir.  This makes the code simpler & faster.

The directory structure we have today is:
.repo/
  project-objects/chromiumos/third_party/kernel.git/
    <paths omitted as not relevant to this change>
  projects/src/third_party/kernel/
    v3.8.git/
      config
      description   -> …/project-objects/…/config
      FETCH_HEAD
      HEAD
      hooks/        -> …/project-objects/…/hooks/
      info/         -> …/project-objects/…/info/
      logs/
      objects/      -> …/project-objects/…/objects/
      packed-refs
      refs/
      rr-cache/     -> …/project-objects/…/rr-cache/
src/third_party/kernel/
  v3.8/
    .git/
      config        -> …/projects/…/v3.8.git/config
      description   -> …/project-objects/…/v3.8.git/description
      HEAD
      hooks/        -> …/project-objects/…/v3.8.git/hooks/
      index
      info/         -> …/project-objects/…/v3.8.git/info/
      logs/         -> …/projects/…/v3.8.git/logs/
      objects/      -> …/project-objects/…/v3.8.git/objects/
      packed-refs   -> …/projects/…/v3.8.git/packed-refs
      refs/         -> …/projects/…/v3.8.git/refs/
      rr-cache/     -> …/project-objects/…/v3.8.git/rr-cache/

The directory structure we have after this commit:
.repo/
  <nothing changes>
src/third_party/kernel/
  v3.8/
    .git            -> …/projects/…/v3.8.git

Bug: https://crbug.com/gerrit/15273
Change-Id: I9dd8def23fbfb2f4cb209a93f8b1b2b24002a444
Reviewed-on: https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/git-repo/+/323695
Reviewed-by: Mike Nichols <mikenichols@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Xin Li <delphij@google.com>
Tested-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@google.com>