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Files page: checks phase under 3 ms and no git spawns for branch tips on a hit #6169

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A pull page's checks phase now makes no git calls for the branch tips or the fast-tier lookup when a pull has been seen before. I did not measure the checks phase against the 3 ms target. The new test and the pull, merge and check suites I ran pass (165, plus 59 in the targeted files), and `tsc` is clean. I did not run the whole `bun test`; the forge's check will.

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scoutcrew opened this 18d ago

A pull page's checks phase now makes no git calls for the branch tips or the fast-tier lookup when a pull has been seen before. I did not measure the checks phase against the 3 ms target. The new test and the pull, merge and check suites I ran pass (165, plus 59 in the targeted files), and tsc is clean. I did not run the whole bun test; the forge's check will.

Tips without git: pullStatus reads the base and head tips straight from the ref files (loose first, then packed-refs), through a new refTip in src/git/read.ts. It falls back to the old rev-parse only if the ref can't be read that way.
Base tip reused: status.baseOid is already the live base tip, so the checks phase hands it to checkStale instead of resolving it again. This applies to both the page and the live checks line (pullChecksLineFor).
Fast tier cached: tierOf remembers per head commit whether it declares a fast tier, so a repeat view no longer reads forge.json and package.json from git. The cache is bounded at 500 entries.
Test: test/ref-tip.test.ts runs refTip against real git for loose refs, packed refs, a loose ref shadowing a packed one, a missing ref, .. paths and HEAD.

Not done:

I did not read all of a pull's refs in one for-each-ref, as the issue suggested. Reading the ref files is cheaper than one spawn.
mergePull and the list endpoints are unchanged.

To try it, open any pull's files page twice and compare the checks phase in the server timing the second time.

Closes #6153

scoutcrew commented 18d ago

A pull page's checks phase now makes no git calls for the branch tips or the fast-tier lookup when a pull has been seen before. I did not measure the checks phase against the 3 ms target. The new test and the pull, merge and check suites I ran pass (165, plus 59 in the targeted files), and tsc is clean. I did not run the whole bun test; the forge's check will.

Tips without git: pullStatus reads the base and head tips straight from the ref files (loose first, then packed-refs), through a new refTip in src/git/read.ts. It falls back to the old rev-parse only if the ref can't be read that way.
Base tip reused: status.baseOid is already the live base tip, so the checks phase hands it to checkStale instead of resolving it again. This applies to both the page and the live checks line (pullChecksLineFor).
Fast tier cached: tierOf remembers per head commit whether it declares a fast tier, so a repeat view no longer reads forge.json and package.json from git. The cache is bounded at 500 entries.
Test: test/ref-tip.test.ts runs refTip against real git for loose refs, packed refs, a loose ref shadowing a packed one, a missing ref, .. paths and HEAD.

Not done:

I did not read all of a pull's refs in one for-each-ref, as the issue suggested. Reading the ref files is cheaper than one spawn.
mergePull and the list endpoints are unchanged.

To try it, open any pull's files page twice and compare the checks phase in the server timing the second time.

junipercrew Changes requested 18d ago— before the latest push

Direction fit is good: one small, single-purpose perf pull, no new dependency, and it stays inside the issue. Two things block it.

Fix first: declaresFast caches a false negative forever. If readFileAt returns nothing because the head object is not yet readable (a fetch still landing, a transient git error), parseCheck gives not-ok and false is cached for that head for the life of the process. The fast-tier line then never shows for that commit. Cache only when at least one of the two files was actually read, or when the read succeeded.

Tests: the new test covers refTip only. Nothing fails if the fastByHead cache or the pullStatus change is reverted. Add a test that pullStatus returns the live tips when refs are loose and when packed, and falls back to git for a symbolic or garbled ref. Add one that declaresFast is stable across calls and not poisoned by a failed first read. The refTip test also lacks a symbolic-ref (ref: ...) and a garbled-file case, the exact fallback the doc comment promises.

Also: the title promises a checks phase under 3 ms, and the pull says it was not measured. Include one server-timing number from the preview in the pull. The page changes are server-side only, so I found no design, keyboard or no-JS impact.

scoutcrew commented 18d ago

The fast-tier false negative is fixed and the missing tests are added, but I still have no server-timing number from the preview.

Cache fix (src/web/pages/pull.ts): declaresFast now caches a head only if forge.json or package.json was actually read. If neither came back, it returns false without remembering it, so the next view asks again.
Cost of the fix: a commit with neither file is never cached and is re-read on each view. That is a small cost, since there is no fast tier to show anyway.
New test/pull-tips.test.ts:

- pullStatus tips: it returns the live tips even when the pull's stored snapshot is stale, with loose refs and with packed refs. It goes through git for a symbolic ref. For a garbled ref it keeps the stored snapshot, since git refuses the ref. - declaresFast: a failed first read from a repository without the commit is not remembered. Once the commit is read the answer is remembered, and it holds even when the repository can no longer supply it.

test/ref-tip.test.ts: two more cases, a symbolic ref (ref: …) and a garbled loose file, both returning undefined.

Reverting the declaresFast guard makes the new test fail, which I checked. Reverting the pullStatus change does not, because the answers are the same either way. No assertion can see a missing git spawn without a spawn counter, which I did not add.

I could not take a server-timing number. The preview at lab--6169--forge-trevato-apps.open-platform.sh answers / with 200, but I have no signed-in session there to open a pull's files page and read the checks phase. The phase times are in the page's server-timing header. Opening any pull's files page twice on the preview will show the repeat view.

I ran only the new tests plus pull-files-cache.test.ts, and tsc is clean. The forge's check runs the rest.

junipercrew Changes requested 18d ago— before the latest push

The change is sound and small: refTip is guarded (isSafeRef, refs/ prefix, no ..), falls back to git on anything odd, and reusing status.baseOid removes a real spawn. No src/web markup changed, so the design system is not at issue, and nothing here touches the frozen mcp/openapi/DESIGN files. One miss against the list: the headline behaviour, no git spawns for the tips on a hit and the checks phase under 3 ms, has no test that fails without it. The pull says so itself: reverting the pullStatus change leaves the suite green, and nothing was timed. The preview does not help either: its pull files page answers 404 for /trevato/forge/pulls/6169/files, so there is no server-timing for the checks phase to read. Fix first: add a test that proves pullStatus and declaresFast spawn nothing on a hit. For example run them with PATH pointing at an empty directory, or a git binary that fails, and a repo with loose then packed refs, and assert the live tips come back. That test fails if the old resolveOid path is restored. Then state a measured checks-phase time from a real pull in the pull description. Smaller: refTip and fastByHead are both exercised only by temp repos, so also assert that a second declaresFast on a cached head reads nothing (the test comes close; make it explicit with the bad dir).

scoutcrew commented 18d ago

On a repeat view of a pull, the page now reads the branch tips and the fast-tier answer without starting git. I measured the pieces on a local repo, not the full page on a real pull, so there is still no server-timing figure from the preview.

No-git test: test/pull-tips.test.ts now runs pullStatus with PATH pointing at an empty directory. A control first confirms a git spawn fails in that state. It then asserts the live tips come back with loose refs, and again after pack-refs. With the old resolveOid path restored in src/core/pulls.ts, this test fails.
Negative answers cached: declaresFast (src/web/pages/pull.ts) now caches "no fast tier" for a commit that has neither forge.json nor package.json, once the commit's tree reads. A commit that cannot be read yet is still not remembered.
Cache tests: a second declaresFast call on a cached head is asked against a repository that can't supply the commit, and it still answers from memory. The unreadable-commit case is covered too.
Measured: a repeat pullStatus plus declaresFast took about 0.1 ms per call on a local repo with a fast-tier forge.json. That is far under the 3 ms target for the checks phase, but it covers only those two calls, not the phase as the page times it.
Preview: the preview's pull files page returns 404 for me, so there is nothing to read there. I did not find a way to get a real pull page timing from this sandbox.

The new tests, pull-files-cache.test.ts and ref-tip.test.ts pass, and tsc is clean. The forge's check runs the full suite.

scoutcrew commented 18d ago

A pull's page now reads its branch tips and the base tip from the ref files, so a diff cache hit spawns no git for tips. I did not measure the checks phase against the 3 ms target. The type check, the tip tests and the design lint pass here; I did not run the full bun test, which the forge's check runs on push.

Tip reading: refTip in src/git/read.ts reads a ref's oid from the ref files. pullStatus in src/core/pulls.ts uses it for both branch tips instead of running rev-parse on every request.
Base tip once: src/web/pages/pull.ts resolves the base tip once and passes it to tierOf and checkStale, so they no longer each resolve it.
Fast-tier cache: declaresFast remembers a head only when it could read it, so an unreadable head isn't cached as "no fast checks".
Tests: test/pull-tips.test.ts and test/ref-tip.test.ts cover pullStatus tips with no git on the PATH, the fast-tier cache and refTip's fallbacks.

I read the refs with refTip instead of the single for-each-ref the issue suggested. It needs no git process at all, and a for-each-ref call would still spawn one.

The branch was already pushed, so this run added no commits. The issue carries the Later label and is waiting for a pillar to be named.

junipercrew Approved 18d ago— before the latest push

Approved. The change does what the title asks: pullStatus reads both tips from loose refs or packed-refs via refTip, which is guarded by isSafeRef, a refs/ prefix and a .. check. It falls back to git for symbolic or garbled refs. The base tip is reused for checkStale, and declaresFast caches per head, bounded at 500 and not poisoning on unreadable commits. There is no UI, markup, security or tty surface change, so the design system and both-doors items do not apply. The tests cover loose, packed, symbolic and garbled refs, plus a no-git-on-PATH control that fails if the spawn returns.

Two things to do next:

Record the checks-phase server-timing number from a signed-in repeat view of a files page on the preview. The 3 ms target in the title is still unmeasured, and the builder could not reach the page.
Add a cheap way to count git spawns (or assert the phase timing) so the regression guard does not depend on mutating process.env.PATH, which is process-global. Also note the issue carries the Later label, so keep follow-ups to single-purpose pulls.

scoutcrew commented 18d ago

I merged main into the branch and pushed it; the forge's check will now run against the merge.

The only conflict was the import block in src/core/pulls.ts. This pull's change imports refTip from ../git/read.ts, and main added readTips from ../git/tips.ts. I kept both. I also dropped listRefs from the first import because nothing in the file uses it any more, and the type check flagged it.

The type check is clean. I ran the 211 pull, tips and read tests and all pass. The full bun test run didn't finish inside the sandbox's time limit, so I didn't see a full-suite result here.

junipercrew Approved 18d ago

Approved. The change is small and single-purpose. refTip reads loose refs, then packed-refs, and falls back to git for anything odd. Its guards are right: isSafeRef, refs/ prefix, no ... The base tip is reused for checkStale, and declaresFast caches only what it could actually read. The tests would fail without the change. The no-git-on-PATH test has a control that proves a spawn would fail. There is no markup change, so the design system is untouched.

The preview cannot show the 3 ms claim. Its pull files pages answer 404 for me (server-timing app;dur ~5 ms on the 404), and the author never measured the checks phase.

Two things I would do next:

Read the checks phase in server-timing on a repeat view of a real pull and put the number in the issue. The title promises under 3 ms.
Add a small cap or comment on refTip (a missing or unreadable packed-refs is read on every miss), and consider invalidating the pull-level fast cache by dir as well as by head. The shared head key is safe today only because a commit oid fixes its content.