remote: add remote.*.negotiationInclude config

Add a new 'remote.<name>.negotiationInclude' multi-valued config option that
provides default values for --negotiation-include when no
--negotiation-include arguments are specified over the command line.  This
is a mirror of how 'remote.<name>.negotiationRestrict' specifies defaults
for the --negotiation-restrict arguments.

Each value is either an exact ref name or a glob pattern whose tips should
always be sent as 'have' lines during negotiation. The config values are
resolved through the same resolve_negotiation_include() codepath as the CLI
options.

This option is additive with the normal negotiation process: the negotiation
algorithm still runs and advertises its own selected commits, but the refs
matching the config are sent unconditionally on top of those heuristically
selected commits.

Similar to the negotiationRestrict config, an empty value resets the value
list to allow ignoring earlier config values, such as those that might be
set in system or global config.

Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>

Author: derrickstolee

Documentation/config/remote.adoc

@@ -126,6 +126,33 @@ values are not used.
 Blank values signal to ignore all previous values, allowing a reset of
 the list from broader config scenarios.
 
+remote.<name>.negotiationInclude::
+	When negotiating with this remote during `git fetch` and `git push`,
+	the client advertises a list of commits that exist locally.  In
+	repos with many references, this list of "haves" can be truncated.
+	Depending on data shape, dropping certain references may be
+	expensive.  This multi-valued config option specifies ref patterns
+	whose tips should always be sent as "have" commits during fetch
+	negotiation with this remote.
++
+Each value is either an exact ref name (e.g. `refs/heads/release`) or a
+glob pattern (e.g. `refs/heads/release/*`).  The pattern syntax is the same
+as for `--negotiation-restrict`.
++
+These config values are used as defaults for the `--negotiation-include`
+command-line option.  If `--negotiation-include` is specified on the
+command line, then the config values are not used.
++
+This option is additive with the normal negotiation process: the
+negotiation algorithm still runs and advertises its own selected commits,
+but the refs matching `remote.<name>.negotiationInclude` are sent
+unconditionally on top of those heuristically selected commits.  This
+option is also used during push negotiation when `push.negotiate` is
+enabled.
++
+Blank values signal to ignore all previous values, allowing a reset of
+the list from broader config scenarios.
+
 remote.<name>.followRemoteHEAD::
 	How linkgit:git-fetch[1] should handle updates to `remotes/<name>/HEAD`
 	when fetching using the configured refspecs of a remote.

Documentation/fetch-options.adoc

@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ is the same as for `--negotiation-restrict`.
 If `--negotiation-restrict` is used, the have set is first restricted by
 that option and then increased to include the tips specified by
 `--negotiation-include`.
++
+If this option is not specified on the command line, then any
+`remote.<name>.negotiationInclude` config values for the current remote
+are used instead.
 
 `--negotiate-only`::
 	Do not fetch anything from the server, and instead print the

builtin/fetch.c

@@ -1626,6 +1626,16 @@ static struct transport *prepare_transport(struct remote *remote, int deepen,
 		else
 			warning(_("ignoring %s because the protocol does not support it"),
 				"--negotiation-include");
+	} else if (remote->negotiation_include.nr) {
+		if (transport->smart_options) {
+			transport->smart_options->negotiation_include = &remote->negotiation_include;
+		} else {
+			struct strbuf config_name = STRBUF_INIT;
+			strbuf_addf(&config_name, "remote.%s.negotiationInclude", remote->name);
+			warning(_("ignoring %s because the protocol does not support it"),
+				config_name.buf);
+			strbuf_release(&config_name);
+		}
 	}
 	return transport;
 }

remote.c

@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ static struct remote *make_remote(struct remote_state *remote_state,
 	refspec_init_fetch(&ret->fetch);
 	string_list_init_dup(&ret->server_options);
 	string_list_init_dup(&ret->negotiation_restrict);
+	string_list_init_dup(&ret->negotiation_include);
 
 	ALLOC_GROW(remote_state->remotes, remote_state->remotes_nr + 1,
 		   remote_state->remotes_alloc);
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ static void remote_clear(struct remote *remote)
 	FREE_AND_NULL(remote->http_proxy_authmethod);
 	string_list_clear(&remote->server_options, 0);
 	string_list_clear(&remote->negotiation_restrict, 0);
+	string_list_clear(&remote->negotiation_include, 0);
 }
 
 static void add_merge(struct branch *branch, const char *name)
@@ -570,6 +572,12 @@ static int handle_config(const char *key, const char *value,
 			string_list_clear(&remote->negotiation_restrict, 0);
 		else
 			string_list_append(&remote->negotiation_restrict, value);
+	} else if (!strcmp(subkey, "negotiationinclude")) {
+		/* reset list on empty value. */
+		if (!value || !*value)
+			string_list_clear(&remote->negotiation_include, 0);
+		else
+			string_list_append(&remote->negotiation_include, value);
 	} else if (!strcmp(subkey, "followremotehead")) {
 		const char *no_warn_branch;
 		if (!strcmp(value, "never"))

remote.h

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ struct remote {
 
 	struct string_list server_options;
 	struct string_list negotiation_restrict;
+	struct string_list negotiation_include;
 
 	enum follow_remote_head_settings follow_remote_head;
 	const char *no_warn_branch;

t/t5510-fetch.sh

@@ -1577,6 +1577,55 @@ test_expect_success '--negotiation-include avoids duplicates with negotiator' '
 	test_line_count = 1 matches
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'remote.<name>.negotiationInclude used as default for --negotiation-include' '
+	test_when_finished rm -f trace &&
+	setup_negotiation_tip server server 0 &&
+
+	# test the reset of the list on an empty value
+	git -C client config --add remote.origin.negotiationInclude refs/tags/alpha_1 &&
+	git -C client config --add remote.origin.negotiationInclude "" &&
+	git -C client config --add remote.origin.negotiationInclude refs/tags/beta_1 &&
+	GIT_TRACE_PACKET="$(pwd)/trace" git -C client fetch \
+		--negotiation-restrict=alpha_1 \
+		origin alpha_s beta_s &&
+
+	ALPHA_1=$(git -C client rev-parse alpha_1) &&
+	test_grep "fetch> have $ALPHA_1" trace &&
+	BETA_1=$(git -C client rev-parse beta_1) &&
+	test_grep "fetch> have $BETA_1" trace
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'remote.<name>.negotiationInclude works with glob patterns' '
+	test_when_finished rm -f trace &&
+	setup_negotiation_tip server server 0 &&
+
+	git -C client config --add remote.origin.negotiationInclude "refs/tags/beta_*" &&
+	GIT_TRACE_PACKET="$(pwd)/trace" git -C client fetch \
+		--negotiation-restrict=alpha_1 \
+		origin alpha_s beta_s &&
+
+	BETA_1=$(git -C client rev-parse beta_1) &&
+	test_grep "fetch> have $BETA_1" trace &&
+	BETA_2=$(git -C client rev-parse beta_2) &&
+	test_grep "fetch> have $BETA_2" trace
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'CLI --negotiation-include overrides remote.<name>.negotiationInclude' '
+	test_when_finished rm -f trace &&
+	setup_negotiation_tip server server 0 &&
+
+	git -C client config --add remote.origin.negotiationInclude refs/tags/beta_2 &&
+	GIT_TRACE_PACKET="$(pwd)/trace" git -C client fetch \
+		--negotiation-restrict=alpha_1 \
+		--negotiation-include=refs/tags/beta_1 \
+		origin alpha_s beta_s &&
+
+	BETA_1=$(git -C client rev-parse beta_1) &&
+	test_grep "fetch> have $BETA_1" trace &&
+	BETA_2=$(git -C client rev-parse beta_2) &&
+	test_grep ! "fetch> have $BETA_2" trace
+'
+
 test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'clone does not get confused by a D/F conflict' '
 	git init df-conflict &&
 	(