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Git 1.7.8.1
[git.git] / sha1_file.c
index 1a7e41070efa6327859d3c09ede07317cc91ba7d..956422ba4a5df5f46caaf85f10e4c85321439272 100644 (file)
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "pack.h"
 #include "blob.h"
 #include "commit.h"
+#include "run-command.h"
 #include "tag.h"
 #include "tree.h"
 #include "tree-walk.h"
@@ -247,27 +248,30 @@ static int link_alt_odb_entry(const char * entry, int len, const char * relative
        const char *objdir = get_object_directory();
        struct alternate_object_database *ent;
        struct alternate_object_database *alt;
-       /* 43 = 40-byte + 2 '/' + terminating NUL */
-       int pfxlen = len;
-       int entlen = pfxlen + 43;
-       int base_len = -1;
+       int pfxlen, entlen;
+       struct strbuf pathbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
 
        if (!is_absolute_path(entry) && relative_base) {
-               /* Relative alt-odb */
-               if (base_len < 0)
-                       base_len = strlen(relative_base) + 1;
-               entlen += base_len;
-               pfxlen += base_len;
+               strbuf_addstr(&pathbuf, real_path(relative_base));
+               strbuf_addch(&pathbuf, '/');
        }
-       ent = xmalloc(sizeof(*ent) + entlen);
+       strbuf_add(&pathbuf, entry, len);
 
-       if (!is_absolute_path(entry) && relative_base) {
-               memcpy(ent->base, relative_base, base_len - 1);
-               ent->base[base_len - 1] = '/';
-               memcpy(ent->base + base_len, entry, len);
-       }
-       else
-               memcpy(ent->base, entry, pfxlen);
+       normalize_path_copy(pathbuf.buf, pathbuf.buf);
+
+       pfxlen = strlen(pathbuf.buf);
+
+       /*
+        * The trailing slash after the directory name is given by
+        * this function at the end. Remove duplicates.
+        */
+       while (pfxlen && pathbuf.buf[pfxlen-1] == '/')
+               pfxlen -= 1;
+
+       entlen = pfxlen + 43; /* '/' + 2 hex + '/' + 38 hex + NUL */
+       ent = xmalloc(sizeof(*ent) + entlen);
+       memcpy(ent->base, pathbuf.buf, pfxlen);
+       strbuf_release(&pathbuf);
 
        ent->name = ent->base + pfxlen + 1;
        ent->base[pfxlen + 3] = '/';
@@ -379,7 +383,7 @@ void add_to_alternates_file(const char *reference)
 {
        struct lock_file *lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
        int fd = hold_lock_file_for_append(lock, git_path("objects/info/alternates"), LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
-       char *alt = mkpath("%s/objects\n", reference);
+       char *alt = mkpath("%s\n", reference);
        write_or_die(fd, alt, strlen(alt));
        if (commit_lock_file(lock))
                die("could not close alternates file");
@@ -833,7 +837,7 @@ static int in_window(struct pack_window *win, off_t offset)
 unsigned char *use_pack(struct packed_git *p,
                struct pack_window **w_cursor,
                off_t offset,
-               unsigned int *left)
+               unsigned long *left)
 {
        struct pack_window *win = *w_cursor;
 
@@ -1185,7 +1189,7 @@ static int open_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1)
        return -1;
 }
 
-static void *map_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned long *size)
+void *map_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned long *size)
 {
        void *map;
        int fd;
@@ -1204,20 +1208,49 @@ static void *map_sha1_file(const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned long *size)
        return map;
 }
 
-static int legacy_loose_object(unsigned char *map)
+/*
+ * There used to be a second loose object header format which
+ * was meant to mimic the in-pack format, allowing for direct
+ * copy of the object data.  This format turned up not to be
+ * really worth it and we no longer write loose objects in that
+ * format.
+ */
+static int experimental_loose_object(unsigned char *map)
 {
        unsigned int word;
 
        /*
-        * Is it a zlib-compressed buffer? If so, the first byte
-        * must be 0x78 (15-bit window size, deflated), and the
-        * first 16-bit word is evenly divisible by 31
+        * We must determine if the buffer contains the standard
+        * zlib-deflated stream or the experimental format based
+        * on the in-pack object format. Compare the header byte
+        * for each format:
+        *
+        * RFC1950 zlib w/ deflate : 0www1000 : 0 <= www <= 7
+        * Experimental pack-based : Stttssss : ttt = 1,2,3,4
+        *
+        * If bit 7 is clear and bits 0-3 equal 8, the buffer MUST be
+        * in standard loose-object format, UNLESS it is a Git-pack
+        * format object *exactly* 8 bytes in size when inflated.
+        *
+        * However, RFC1950 also specifies that the 1st 16-bit word
+        * must be divisible by 31 - this checksum tells us our buffer
+        * is in the standard format, giving a false positive only if
+        * the 1st word of the Git-pack format object happens to be
+        * divisible by 31, ie:
+        *      ((byte0 * 256) + byte1) % 31 = 0
+        *   =>        0ttt10000www1000 % 31 = 0
+        *
+        * As it happens, this case can only arise for www=3 & ttt=1
+        * - ie, a Commit object, which would have to be 8 bytes in
+        * size. As no Commit can be that small, we find that the
+        * combination of these two criteria (bitmask & checksum)
+        * can always correctly determine the buffer format.
         */
        word = (map[0] << 8) + map[1];
-       if (map[0] == 0x78 && !(word % 31))
-               return 1;
-       else
+       if ((map[0] & 0x8F) == 0x08 && !(word % 31))
                return 0;
+       else
+               return 1;
 }
 
 unsigned long unpack_object_header_buffer(const unsigned char *buf,
@@ -1234,7 +1267,8 @@ unsigned long unpack_object_header_buffer(const unsigned char *buf,
        while (c & 0x80) {
                if (len <= used || bitsizeof(long) <= shift) {
                        error("bad object header");
-                       return 0;
+                       size = used = 0;
+                       break;
                }
                c = buf[used++];
                size += (c & 0x7f) << shift;
@@ -1244,7 +1278,7 @@ unsigned long unpack_object_header_buffer(const unsigned char *buf,
        return used;
 }
 
-static int unpack_sha1_header(z_stream *stream, unsigned char *map, unsigned long mapsize, void *buffer, unsigned long bufsiz)
+int unpack_sha1_header(git_zstream *stream, unsigned char *map, unsigned long mapsize, void *buffer, unsigned long bufsiz)
 {
        unsigned long size, used;
        static const char valid_loose_object_type[8] = {
@@ -1261,37 +1295,32 @@ static int unpack_sha1_header(z_stream *stream, unsigned char *map, unsigned lon
        stream->next_out = buffer;
        stream->avail_out = bufsiz;
 
-       if (legacy_loose_object(map)) {
-               git_inflate_init(stream);
-               return git_inflate(stream, 0);
-       }
-
+       if (experimental_loose_object(map)) {
+               /*
+                * The old experimental format we no longer produce;
+                * we can still read it.
+                */
+               used = unpack_object_header_buffer(map, mapsize, &type, &size);
+               if (!used || !valid_loose_object_type[type])
+                       return -1;
+               map += used;
+               mapsize -= used;
 
-       /*
-        * There used to be a second loose object header format which
-        * was meant to mimic the in-pack format, allowing for direct
-        * copy of the object data.  This format turned up not to be
-        * really worth it and we don't write it any longer.  But we
-        * can still read it.
-        */
-       used = unpack_object_header_buffer(map, mapsize, &type, &size);
-       if (!used || !valid_loose_object_type[type])
-               return -1;
-       map += used;
-       mapsize -= used;
+               /* Set up the stream for the rest.. */
+               stream->next_in = map;
+               stream->avail_in = mapsize;
+               git_inflate_init(stream);
 
-       /* Set up the stream for the rest.. */
-       stream->next_in = map;
-       stream->avail_in = mapsize;
+               /* And generate the fake traditional header */
+               stream->total_out = 1 + snprintf(buffer, bufsiz, "%s %lu",
+                                                typename(type), size);
+               return 0;
+       }
        git_inflate_init(stream);
-
-       /* And generate the fake traditional header */
-       stream->total_out = 1 + snprintf(buffer, bufsiz, "%s %lu",
-                                        typename(type), size);
-       return 0;
+       return git_inflate(stream, 0);
 }
 
-static void *unpack_sha1_rest(z_stream *stream, void *buffer, unsigned long size, const unsigned char *sha1)
+static void *unpack_sha1_rest(git_zstream *stream, void *buffer, unsigned long size, const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
        int bytes = strlen(buffer) + 1;
        unsigned char *buf = xmallocz(size);
@@ -1341,7 +1370,7 @@ static void *unpack_sha1_rest(z_stream *stream, void *buffer, unsigned long size
  * too permissive for what we want to check. So do an anal
  * object header parse by hand.
  */
-static int parse_sha1_header(const char *hdr, unsigned long *sizep)
+int parse_sha1_header(const char *hdr, unsigned long *sizep)
 {
        char type[10];
        int i;
@@ -1390,7 +1419,7 @@ static int parse_sha1_header(const char *hdr, unsigned long *sizep)
 static void *unpack_sha1_file(void *map, unsigned long mapsize, enum object_type *type, unsigned long *size, const unsigned char *sha1)
 {
        int ret;
-       z_stream stream;
+       git_zstream stream;
        char hdr[8192];
 
        ret = unpack_sha1_header(&stream, map, mapsize, hdr, sizeof(hdr));
@@ -1406,7 +1435,7 @@ unsigned long get_size_from_delta(struct packed_git *p,
 {
        const unsigned char *data;
        unsigned char delta_head[20], *in;
-       z_stream stream;
+       git_zstream stream;
        int st;
 
        memset(&stream, 0, sizeof(stream));
@@ -1480,7 +1509,7 @@ static off_t get_delta_base(struct packed_git *p,
 
 /* forward declaration for a mutually recursive function */
 static int packed_object_info(struct packed_git *p, off_t offset,
-                             unsigned long *sizep);
+                             unsigned long *sizep, int *rtype);
 
 static int packed_delta_info(struct packed_git *p,
                             struct pack_window **w_curs,
@@ -1494,7 +1523,7 @@ static int packed_delta_info(struct packed_git *p,
        base_offset = get_delta_base(p, w_curs, &curpos, type, obj_offset);
        if (!base_offset)
                return OBJ_BAD;
-       type = packed_object_info(p, base_offset, NULL);
+       type = packed_object_info(p, base_offset, NULL, NULL);
        if (type <= OBJ_NONE) {
                struct revindex_entry *revidx;
                const unsigned char *base_sha1;
@@ -1522,13 +1551,13 @@ static int packed_delta_info(struct packed_git *p,
        return type;
 }
 
-static int unpack_object_header(struct packed_git *p,
-                               struct pack_window **w_curs,
-                               off_t *curpos,
-                               unsigned long *sizep)
+int unpack_object_header(struct packed_git *p,
+                        struct pack_window **w_curs,
+                        off_t *curpos,
+                        unsigned long *sizep)
 {
        unsigned char *base;
-       unsigned int left;
+       unsigned long left;
        unsigned long used;
        enum object_type type;
 
@@ -1548,63 +1577,8 @@ static int unpack_object_header(struct packed_git *p,
        return type;
 }
 
-const char *packed_object_info_detail(struct packed_git *p,
-                                     off_t obj_offset,
-                                     unsigned long *size,
-                                     unsigned long *store_size,
-                                     unsigned int *delta_chain_length,
-                                     unsigned char *base_sha1)
-{
-       struct pack_window *w_curs = NULL;
-       off_t curpos;
-       unsigned long dummy;
-       unsigned char *next_sha1;
-       enum object_type type;
-       struct revindex_entry *revidx;
-
-       *delta_chain_length = 0;
-       curpos = obj_offset;
-       type = unpack_object_header(p, &w_curs, &curpos, size);
-
-       revidx = find_pack_revindex(p, obj_offset);
-       *store_size = revidx[1].offset - obj_offset;
-
-       for (;;) {
-               switch (type) {
-               default:
-                       die("pack %s contains unknown object type %d",
-                           p->pack_name, type);
-               case OBJ_COMMIT:
-               case OBJ_TREE:
-               case OBJ_BLOB:
-               case OBJ_TAG:
-                       unuse_pack(&w_curs);
-                       return typename(type);
-               case OBJ_OFS_DELTA:
-                       obj_offset = get_delta_base(p, &w_curs, &curpos, type, obj_offset);
-                       if (!obj_offset)
-                               die("pack %s contains bad delta base reference of type %s",
-                                   p->pack_name, typename(type));
-                       if (*delta_chain_length == 0) {
-                               revidx = find_pack_revindex(p, obj_offset);
-                               hashcpy(base_sha1, nth_packed_object_sha1(p, revidx->nr));
-                       }
-                       break;
-               case OBJ_REF_DELTA:
-                       next_sha1 = use_pack(p, &w_curs, curpos, NULL);
-                       if (*delta_chain_length == 0)
-                               hashcpy(base_sha1, next_sha1);
-                       obj_offset = find_pack_entry_one(next_sha1, p);
-                       break;
-               }
-               (*delta_chain_length)++;
-               curpos = obj_offset;
-               type = unpack_object_header(p, &w_curs, &curpos, &dummy);
-       }
-}
-
 static int packed_object_info(struct packed_git *p, off_t obj_offset,
-                             unsigned long *sizep)
+                             unsigned long *sizep, int *rtype)
 {
        struct pack_window *w_curs = NULL;
        unsigned long size;
@@ -1612,6 +1586,8 @@ static int packed_object_info(struct packed_git *p, off_t obj_offset,
        enum object_type type;
 
        type = unpack_object_header(p, &w_curs, &curpos, &size);
+       if (rtype)
+               *rtype = type; /* representation type */
 
        switch (type) {
        case OBJ_OFS_DELTA:
@@ -1641,7 +1617,7 @@ static void *unpack_compressed_entry(struct packed_git *p,
                                    unsigned long size)
 {
        int st;
-       z_stream stream;
+       git_zstream stream;
        unsigned char *buffer, *in;
 
        buffer = xmallocz(size);
@@ -1694,6 +1670,13 @@ static unsigned long pack_entry_hash(struct packed_git *p, off_t base_offset)
        return hash % MAX_DELTA_CACHE;
 }
 
+static int in_delta_base_cache(struct packed_git *p, off_t base_offset)
+{
+       unsigned long hash = pack_entry_hash(p, base_offset);
+       struct delta_base_cache_entry *ent = delta_base_cache + hash;
+       return (ent->data && ent->p == p && ent->base_offset == base_offset);
+}
+
 static void *cache_or_unpack_entry(struct packed_git *p, off_t base_offset,
        unsigned long *base_size, enum object_type *type, int keep_cache)
 {
@@ -1838,6 +1821,24 @@ static void *unpack_delta_entry(struct packed_git *p,
        return result;
 }
 
+static void write_pack_access_log(struct packed_git *p, off_t obj_offset)
+{
+       static FILE *log_file;
+
+       if (!log_file) {
+               log_file = fopen(log_pack_access, "w");
+               if (!log_file) {
+                       error("cannot open pack access log '%s' for writing: %s",
+                             log_pack_access, strerror(errno));
+                       log_pack_access = NULL;
+                       return;
+               }
+       }
+       fprintf(log_file, "%s %"PRIuMAX"\n",
+               p->pack_name, (uintmax_t)obj_offset);
+       fflush(log_file);
+}
+
 int do_check_packed_object_crc;
 
 void *unpack_entry(struct packed_git *p, off_t obj_offset,
@@ -1847,6 +1848,9 @@ void *unpack_entry(struct packed_git *p, off_t obj_offset,
        off_t curpos = obj_offset;
        void *data;
 
+       if (log_pack_access)
+               write_pack_access_log(p, obj_offset);
+
        if (do_check_packed_object_crc && p->index_version > 1) {
                struct revindex_entry *revidx = find_pack_revindex(p, obj_offset);
                unsigned long len = revidx[1].offset - obj_offset;
@@ -1984,7 +1988,7 @@ off_t find_pack_entry_one(const unsigned char *sha1,
        return 0;
 }
 
-static int is_pack_valid(struct packed_git *p)
+int is_pack_valid(struct packed_git *p)
 {
        /* An already open pack is known to be valid. */
        if (p->pack_fd != -1)
@@ -2035,7 +2039,7 @@ static int find_pack_entry(const unsigned char *sha1, struct pack_entry *e)
                         * was loaded!
                         */
                        if (!is_pack_valid(p)) {
-                               error("packfile %s cannot be accessed", p->pack_name);
+                               warning("packfile %s cannot be accessed", p->pack_name);
                                goto next;
                        }
                        e->offset = offset;
@@ -2074,7 +2078,7 @@ static int sha1_loose_object_info(const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned long *size
        int status;
        unsigned long mapsize, size;
        void *map;
-       z_stream stream;
+       git_zstream stream;
        char hdr[32];
 
        map = map_sha1_file(sha1, &mapsize);
@@ -2092,24 +2096,28 @@ static int sha1_loose_object_info(const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned long *size
        return status;
 }
 
-int sha1_object_info(const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned long *sizep)
+/* returns enum object_type or negative */
+int sha1_object_info_extended(const unsigned char *sha1, struct object_info *oi)
 {
        struct cached_object *co;
        struct pack_entry e;
-       int status;
+       int status, rtype;
 
        co = find_cached_object(sha1);
        if (co) {
-               if (sizep)
-                       *sizep = co->size;
+               if (oi->sizep)
+                       *(oi->sizep) = co->size;
+               oi->whence = OI_CACHED;
                return co->type;
        }
 
        if (!find_pack_entry(sha1, &e)) {
                /* Most likely it's a loose object. */
-               status = sha1_loose_object_info(sha1, sizep);
-               if (status >= 0)
+               status = sha1_loose_object_info(sha1, oi->sizep);
+               if (status >= 0) {
+                       oi->whence = OI_LOOSE;
                        return status;
+               }
 
                /* Not a loose object; someone else may have just packed it. */
                reprepare_packed_git();
@@ -2117,15 +2125,31 @@ int sha1_object_info(const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned long *sizep)
                        return status;
        }
 
-       status = packed_object_info(e.p, e.offset, sizep);
+       status = packed_object_info(e.p, e.offset, oi->sizep, &rtype);
        if (status < 0) {
                mark_bad_packed_object(e.p, sha1);
-               status = sha1_object_info(sha1, sizep);
+               status = sha1_object_info_extended(sha1, oi);
+       } else if (in_delta_base_cache(e.p, e.offset)) {
+               oi->whence = OI_DBCACHED;
+       } else {
+               oi->whence = OI_PACKED;
+               oi->u.packed.offset = e.offset;
+               oi->u.packed.pack = e.p;
+               oi->u.packed.is_delta = (rtype == OBJ_REF_DELTA ||
+                                        rtype == OBJ_OFS_DELTA);
        }
 
        return status;
 }
 
+int sha1_object_info(const unsigned char *sha1, unsigned long *sizep)
+{
+       struct object_info oi;
+
+       oi.sizep = sizep;
+       return sha1_object_info_extended(sha1, &oi);
+}
+
 static void *read_packed_sha1(const unsigned char *sha1,
                              enum object_type *type, unsigned long *size)
 {
@@ -2205,23 +2229,21 @@ static void *read_object(const unsigned char *sha1, enum object_type *type,
  * deal with them should arrange to call read_object() and give error
  * messages themselves.
  */
-void *read_sha1_file_repl(const unsigned char *sha1,
-                         enum object_type *type,
-                         unsigned long *size,
-                         const unsigned char **replacement)
+void *read_sha1_file_extended(const unsigned char *sha1,
+                             enum object_type *type,
+                             unsigned long *size,
+                             unsigned flag)
 {
-       const unsigned char *repl = lookup_replace_object(sha1);
        void *data;
        char *path;
        const struct packed_git *p;
+       const unsigned char *repl = (flag & READ_SHA1_FILE_REPLACE)
+               ? lookup_replace_object(sha1) : sha1;
 
        errno = 0;
        data = read_object(repl, type, size);
-       if (data) {
-               if (replacement)
-                       *replacement = repl;
+       if (data)
                return data;
-       }
 
        if (errno && errno != ENOENT)
                die_errno("failed to read object %s", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
@@ -2425,7 +2447,7 @@ static int write_loose_object(const unsigned char *sha1, char *hdr, int hdrlen,
 {
        int fd, ret;
        unsigned char compressed[4096];
-       z_stream stream;
+       git_zstream stream;
        git_SHA_CTX c;
        unsigned char parano_sha1[20];
        char *filename;
@@ -2442,7 +2464,7 @@ static int write_loose_object(const unsigned char *sha1, char *hdr, int hdrlen,
 
        /* Set it up */
        memset(&stream, 0, sizeof(stream));
-       deflateInit(&stream, zlib_compression_level);
+       git_deflate_init(&stream, zlib_compression_level);
        stream.next_out = compressed;
        stream.avail_out = sizeof(compressed);
        git_SHA1_Init(&c);
@@ -2450,8 +2472,8 @@ static int write_loose_object(const unsigned char *sha1, char *hdr, int hdrlen,
        /* First header.. */
        stream.next_in = (unsigned char *)hdr;
        stream.avail_in = hdrlen;
-       while (deflate(&stream, 0) == Z_OK)
-               /* nothing */;
+       while (git_deflate(&stream, 0) == Z_OK)
+               ; /* nothing */
        git_SHA1_Update(&c, hdr, hdrlen);
 
        /* Then the data itself.. */
@@ -2459,7 +2481,7 @@ static int write_loose_object(const unsigned char *sha1, char *hdr, int hdrlen,
        stream.avail_in = len;
        do {
                unsigned char *in0 = stream.next_in;
-               ret = deflate(&stream, Z_FINISH);
+               ret = git_deflate(&stream, Z_FINISH);
                git_SHA1_Update(&c, in0, stream.next_in - in0);
                if (write_buffer(fd, compressed, stream.next_out - compressed) < 0)
                        die("unable to write sha1 file");
@@ -2469,7 +2491,7 @@ static int write_loose_object(const unsigned char *sha1, char *hdr, int hdrlen,
 
        if (ret != Z_STREAM_END)
                die("unable to deflate new object %s (%d)", sha1_to_hex(sha1), ret);
-       ret = deflateEnd(&stream);
+       ret = git_deflate_end_gently(&stream);
        if (ret != Z_OK)
                die("deflateEnd on object %s failed (%d)", sha1_to_hex(sha1), ret);
        git_SHA1_Final(parano_sha1, &c);
@@ -2580,10 +2602,11 @@ static void check_tag(const void *buf, size_t size)
 }
 
 static int index_mem(unsigned char *sha1, void *buf, size_t size,
-                    int write_object, enum object_type type,
-                    const char *path, int format_check)
+                    enum object_type type,
+                    const char *path, unsigned flags)
 {
        int ret, re_allocated = 0;
+       int write_object = flags & HASH_WRITE_OBJECT;
 
        if (!type)
                type = OBJ_BLOB;
@@ -2594,12 +2617,12 @@ static int index_mem(unsigned char *sha1, void *buf, size_t size,
        if ((type == OBJ_BLOB) && path) {
                struct strbuf nbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
                if (convert_to_git(path, buf, size, &nbuf,
-                                  write_object ? safe_crlf : 0)) {
+                                  write_object ? safe_crlf : SAFE_CRLF_FALSE)) {
                        buf = strbuf_detach(&nbuf, &size);
                        re_allocated = 1;
                }
        }
-       if (format_check) {
+       if (flags & HASH_FORMAT_CHECK) {
                if (type == OBJ_TREE)
                        check_tree(buf, size);
                if (type == OBJ_COMMIT)
@@ -2617,44 +2640,141 @@ static int index_mem(unsigned char *sha1, void *buf, size_t size,
        return ret;
 }
 
+static int index_pipe(unsigned char *sha1, int fd, enum object_type type,
+                     const char *path, unsigned flags)
+{
+       struct strbuf sbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
+       int ret;
+
+       if (strbuf_read(&sbuf, fd, 4096) >= 0)
+               ret = index_mem(sha1, sbuf.buf, sbuf.len, type, path, flags);
+       else
+               ret = -1;
+       strbuf_release(&sbuf);
+       return ret;
+}
+
 #define SMALL_FILE_SIZE (32*1024)
 
-int index_fd(unsigned char *sha1, int fd, struct stat *st, int write_object,
-            enum object_type type, const char *path, int format_check)
+static int index_core(unsigned char *sha1, int fd, size_t size,
+                     enum object_type type, const char *path,
+                     unsigned flags)
 {
        int ret;
-       size_t size = xsize_t(st->st_size);
 
-       if (!S_ISREG(st->st_mode)) {
-               struct strbuf sbuf = STRBUF_INIT;
-               if (strbuf_read(&sbuf, fd, 4096) >= 0)
-                       ret = index_mem(sha1, sbuf.buf, sbuf.len, write_object,
-                                       type, path, format_check);
-               else
-                       ret = -1;
-               strbuf_release(&sbuf);
-       } else if (!size) {
-               ret = index_mem(sha1, NULL, size, write_object, type, path,
-                               format_check);
+       if (!size) {
+               ret = index_mem(sha1, NULL, size, type, path, flags);
        } else if (size <= SMALL_FILE_SIZE) {
                char *buf = xmalloc(size);
                if (size == read_in_full(fd, buf, size))
-                       ret = index_mem(sha1, buf, size, write_object, type,
-                                       path, format_check);
+                       ret = index_mem(sha1, buf, size, type, path, flags);
                else
                        ret = error("short read %s", strerror(errno));
                free(buf);
        } else {
                void *buf = xmmap(NULL, size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0);
-               ret = index_mem(sha1, buf, size, write_object, type, path,
-                               format_check);
+               ret = index_mem(sha1, buf, size, type, path, flags);
                munmap(buf, size);
        }
+       return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This creates one packfile per large blob, because the caller
+ * immediately wants the result sha1, and fast-import can report the
+ * object name via marks mechanism only by closing the created
+ * packfile.
+ *
+ * This also bypasses the usual "convert-to-git" dance, and that is on
+ * purpose. We could write a streaming version of the converting
+ * functions and insert that before feeding the data to fast-import
+ * (or equivalent in-core API described above), but the primary
+ * motivation for trying to stream from the working tree file and to
+ * avoid mmaping it in core is to deal with large binary blobs, and
+ * by definition they do _not_ want to get any conversion.
+ */
+static int index_stream(unsigned char *sha1, int fd, size_t size,
+                       enum object_type type, const char *path,
+                       unsigned flags)
+{
+       struct child_process fast_import;
+       char export_marks[512];
+       const char *argv[] = { "fast-import", "--quiet", export_marks, NULL };
+       char tmpfile[512];
+       char fast_import_cmd[512];
+       char buf[512];
+       int len, tmpfd;
+
+       strcpy(tmpfile, git_path("hashstream_XXXXXX"));
+       tmpfd = git_mkstemp_mode(tmpfile, 0600);
+       if (tmpfd < 0)
+               die_errno("cannot create tempfile: %s", tmpfile);
+       if (close(tmpfd))
+               die_errno("cannot close tempfile: %s", tmpfile);
+       sprintf(export_marks, "--export-marks=%s", tmpfile);
+
+       memset(&fast_import, 0, sizeof(fast_import));
+       fast_import.in = -1;
+       fast_import.argv = argv;
+       fast_import.git_cmd = 1;
+       if (start_command(&fast_import))
+               die_errno("index-stream: git fast-import failed");
+
+       len = sprintf(fast_import_cmd, "blob\nmark :1\ndata %lu\n",
+                     (unsigned long) size);
+       write_or_whine(fast_import.in, fast_import_cmd, len,
+                      "index-stream: feeding fast-import");
+       while (size) {
+               char buf[10240];
+               size_t sz = size < sizeof(buf) ? size : sizeof(buf);
+               ssize_t actual;
+
+               actual = read_in_full(fd, buf, sz);
+               if (actual < 0)
+                       die_errno("index-stream: reading input");
+               if (write_in_full(fast_import.in, buf, actual) != actual)
+                       die_errno("index-stream: feeding fast-import");
+               size -= actual;
+       }
+       if (close(fast_import.in))
+               die_errno("index-stream: closing fast-import");
+       if (finish_command(&fast_import))
+               die_errno("index-stream: finishing fast-import");
+
+       tmpfd = open(tmpfile, O_RDONLY);
+       if (tmpfd < 0)
+               die_errno("index-stream: cannot open fast-import mark");
+       len = read(tmpfd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+       if (len < 0)
+               die_errno("index-stream: reading fast-import mark");
+       if (close(tmpfd) < 0)
+               die_errno("index-stream: closing fast-import mark");
+       if (unlink(tmpfile))
+               die_errno("index-stream: unlinking fast-import mark");
+       if (len != 44 ||
+           memcmp(":1 ", buf, 3) ||
+           get_sha1_hex(buf + 3, sha1))
+               die_errno("index-stream: unexpected fast-import mark: <%s>", buf);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+int index_fd(unsigned char *sha1, int fd, struct stat *st,
+            enum object_type type, const char *path, unsigned flags)
+{
+       int ret;
+       size_t size = xsize_t(st->st_size);
+
+       if (!S_ISREG(st->st_mode))
+               ret = index_pipe(sha1, fd, type, path, flags);
+       else if (size <= big_file_threshold || type != OBJ_BLOB)
+               ret = index_core(sha1, fd, size, type, path, flags);
+       else
+               ret = index_stream(sha1, fd, size, type, path, flags);
        close(fd);
        return ret;
 }
 
-int index_path(unsigned char *sha1, const char *path, struct stat *st, int write_object)
+int index_path(unsigned char *sha1, const char *path, struct stat *st, unsigned flags)
 {
        int fd;
        struct strbuf sb = STRBUF_INIT;
@@ -2665,7 +2785,7 @@ int index_path(unsigned char *sha1, const char *path, struct stat *st, int write
                if (fd < 0)
                        return error("open(\"%s\"): %s", path,
                                     strerror(errno));
-               if (index_fd(sha1, fd, st, write_object, OBJ_BLOB, path, 0) < 0)
+               if (index_fd(sha1, fd, st, OBJ_BLOB, path, flags) < 0)
                        return error("%s: failed to insert into database",
                                     path);
                break;
@@ -2675,7 +2795,7 @@ int index_path(unsigned char *sha1, const char *path, struct stat *st, int write
                        return error("readlink(\"%s\"): %s", path,
                                     errstr);
                }
-               if (!write_object)
+               if (!(flags & HASH_WRITE_OBJECT))
                        hash_sha1_file(sb.buf, sb.len, blob_type, sha1);
                else if (write_sha1_file(sb.buf, sb.len, blob_type, sha1))
                        return error("%s: failed to insert into database",