[PATCH GSoC v3 5/8] protocol-caps: add type support to object-info

Pablo Sabater <[email protected]> Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:39:32 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.git
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Teach the server-side object-info handler to accept type as a requested
field. When the client includes type in its object-info request, the
server returns the requested object type.

While touching send_info(), wrap an over-long line and fix the bit field
style of requested_info.size.

Mentored-by: Karthik Nayak <[email protected]>
Mentored-by: Chandra Pratap <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Pablo Sabater <[email protected]>
---
 protocol-caps.c      | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
 t/t5701-git-serve.sh | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/protocol-caps.c b/protocol-caps.c
index 02261be14d..27e0f85b10 100644
--- a/protocol-caps.c
+++ b/protocol-caps.c
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 #include "strbuf.h"
 
 struct requested_info {
-	unsigned size : 1;
+	unsigned size:1;
+	unsigned type:1;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -73,15 +74,20 @@ static void send_info(struct repository *r, struct packet_writer *writer,
 	if (info->size)
 		packet_writer_write(writer, "size");
 
+	if (info->type)
+		packet_writer_write(writer, "type");
+
 	for_each_string_list_item (item, oid_str_list) {
 		const char *oid_str = item->string;
+		enum object_type object_type;
 		struct object_id oid;
 		size_t object_size;
 
 		if (get_oid_hex_algop(oid_str, &oid, r->hash_algo) < 0) {
 			packet_writer_error(
 				writer,
-				"object-info: protocol error, expected to get oid, not '%s'",
+				"object-info: protocol error, expected to get "
+				"oid, not '%s'",
 				oid_str);
 			continue;
 		}
@@ -93,7 +99,8 @@ static void send_info(struct repository *r, struct packet_writer *writer,
 		 * If an object is not recognized by the server append SP to
 		 * the response.
 		 */
-		if (get_object_info(r->objects, &oid, &object_size) <= OBJ_NONE) {
+		object_type = get_object_info(r->objects, &oid, &object_size);
+		if (object_type <= OBJ_NONE) {
 			strbuf_addstr(&send_buffer, " ");
 			goto write;
 		}
@@ -103,6 +110,9 @@ static void send_info(struct repository *r, struct packet_writer *writer,
 				    (uintmax_t)object_size);
 		}
 
+		if (info->type)
+			strbuf_addf(&send_buffer, " %s", type_name(object_type));
+
 write:
 		packet_writer_write(writer, "%s", send_buffer.buf);
 		strbuf_reset(&send_buffer);
@@ -124,6 +134,11 @@ int cap_object_info(struct repository *r, struct packet_reader *request)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		if (!strcmp("type", request->line)) {
+			info.type = 1;
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		if (parse_oid(request->line, &oid_str_list))
 			continue;
 
diff --git a/t/t5701-git-serve.sh b/t/t5701-git-serve.sh
index 51d5dd1ae6..f57e36a88d 100755
--- a/t/t5701-git-serve.sh
+++ b/t/t5701-git-serve.sh
@@ -369,6 +369,36 @@ test_expect_success 'basics of object-info' '
 	test_cmp expect actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'object-info supports type' '
+	test_config transfer.advertiseObjectInfo true &&
+
+	two_oid=$(git rev-parse two:two.t) &&
+	two_size=$(test_file_size two.t) &&
+
+	test-tool pkt-line pack >in <<-EOF &&
+	command=object-info
+	object-format=$(test_oid algo)
+	0001
+	size
+	type
+	oid $two_oid
+	oid $two_oid
+	0000
+	EOF
+
+	cat >expect <<-EOF &&
+	size
+	type
+	$two_oid $two_size blob
+	$two_oid $two_size blob
+	0000
+	EOF
+
+	test-tool serve-v2 --stateless-rpc <in >out &&
+	test-tool pkt-line unpack <out >actual &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'bare OID request' '
 	test_config transfer.advertiseObjectInfo true &&
 

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