packfile: extract logic to count number of objects

In a subsequent commit we're about to introduce a new `odb_source_count_objects()` function so that we can make the logic pluggable. Prepare for this change by extracting the logic that we have to count packed objects into a standalone function. Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Patrick Steinhardt committed Mar 12, 2026 at 09:42 UTC dd587cd59e1575f2d5698cb45b42644e1df9b835
2 files changed +44 -10
packfile.c
+35 -10
@@ -1101,6 +1101,36 @@ struct packfile_list_entry *packfile_store_get_packs(struct packfile_store *stor
1101 return store->packs.head;
1102 }
1103
1104 +int packfile_store_count_objects(struct packfile_store *store,
1105 + unsigned long *out)
1106 +{
1107 + struct packfile_list_entry *e;
1108 + struct multi_pack_index *m;
1109 + unsigned long count = 0;
1110 + int ret;
1111 +
1112 + m = get_multi_pack_index(store->source);
1113 + if (m)
1114 + count += m->num_objects + m->num_objects_in_base;
1115 +
1116 + for (e = packfile_store_get_packs(store); e; e = e->next) {
1117 + if (e->pack->multi_pack_index)
1118 + continue;
1119 + if (open_pack_index(e->pack)) {
1120 + ret = -1;
1121 + goto out;
1122 + }
1123 +
1124 + count += e->pack->num_objects;
1125 + }
1126 +
1127 + *out = count;
1128 + ret = 0;
1129 +
1130 +out:
1131 + return ret;
1132 +}
1133 +
1134 /*
1135 * Give a fast, rough count of the number of objects in the repository. This
1136 * ignores loose objects completely. If you have a lot of them, then either
@@ -1113,21 +1143,16 @@ unsigned long repo_approximate_object_count(struct repository *r)
1143 if (!r->objects->approximate_object_count_valid) {
1144 struct odb_source *source;
1145 unsigned long count = 0;
1116 - struct packed_git *p;
1146
1147 odb_prepare_alternates(r->objects);
1119 -
1148 for (source = r->objects->sources; source; source = source->next) {
1121 - struct multi_pack_index *m = get_multi_pack_index(source);
1122 - if (m)
1123 - count += m->num_objects + m->num_objects_in_base;
1124 - }
1149 + struct odb_source_files *files = odb_source_files_downcast(source);
1150 + unsigned long c;
1151
1126 - repo_for_each_pack(r, p) {
1127 - if (p->multi_pack_index || open_pack_index(p))
1128 - continue;
1129 - count += p->num_objects;
1152 + if (!packfile_store_count_objects(files->packed, &c))
1153 + count += c;
1154 }
1155 +
1156 r->objects->approximate_object_count = count;
1157 r->objects->approximate_object_count_valid = 1;
1158 }
packfile.h
+9
@@ -268,6 +268,15 @@ enum kept_pack_type {
268 KEPT_PACK_IN_CORE = (1 << 1),
269 };
270
271 +/*
272 + * Count the number objects contained in the given packfile store. If
273 + * successful, the number of objects will be written to the `out` pointer.
274 + *
275 + * Return 0 on success, a negative error code otherwise.
276 + */
277 +int packfile_store_count_objects(struct packfile_store *store,
278 + unsigned long *out);
279 +
280 /*
281 * Retrieve the cache of kept packs from the given packfile store. Accepts a
282 * combination of `kept_pack_type` flags. The cache is computed on demand and