refs: use 'uint64_t' for 'ref_update.index'

The 'ref_update.index' variable is used to store an index for a given reference update. This index is used to order the updates in a predetermined order, while the default ordering is alphabetical as per the refname. For large repositories with millions of references, it should be safer to use 'uint64_t'. Let's do that. This also is applied for all other code sections where we store 'index' and pass it around. Reported-by: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> Signed-off-by: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Karthik Nayak committed Jan 22, 2025 at 06:35 UTC e7c1b9f1231e49f5e0c5250ec84c68376619f415
3 files changed +5 -5
refs.c
+2 -2
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ static int ref_transaction_update_reflog(struct ref_transaction *transaction,
1331 const char *committer_info,
1332 unsigned int flags,
1333 const char *msg,
1334 - unsigned int index,
1334 + uint64_t index,
1335 struct strbuf *err)
1336 {
1337 struct ref_update *update;
@@ -2813,7 +2813,7 @@ done:
2813 }
2814
2815 struct reflog_migration_data {
2816 - unsigned int index;
2816 + uint64_t index;
2817 const char *refname;
2818 struct ref_store *old_refs;
2819 struct ref_transaction *transaction;
refs/refs-internal.h
+2 -2
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ struct ref_update {
120 * when migrating reflogs and we want to ensure we carry over the
121 * same order.
122 */
123 - unsigned int index;
123 + uint64_t index;
124
125 /*
126 * If this ref_update was split off of a symref update via
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ struct ref_transaction {
203 enum ref_transaction_state state;
204 void *backend_data;
205 unsigned int flags;
206 - unsigned int max_index;
206 + uint64_t max_index;
207 };
208
209 /*
refs/reftable-backend.c
+1 -1
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ struct write_transaction_table_arg {
942 size_t updates_nr;
943 size_t updates_alloc;
944 size_t updates_expected;
945 - unsigned int max_index;
945 + uint64_t max_index;
946 };
947
948 struct reftable_transaction_data {