thodg/libgit2

diff --git a/tests/README.md b/tests/README.md
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@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 These are the unit and integration tests for the libgit2 projects.
 
+* `benchmarks`
+  These are benchmark tests that excercise the CLI.
 * `clar`  
   This is [clar](https://github.com/clar-test/clar) the common test framework.
 * `headertest`  
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/README.md b/tests/benchmarks/README.md
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+# libgit2 benchmarks
+
+This folder contains the individual benchmark tests for libgit2,
+meant for understanding the performance characteristics of libgit2,
+comparing your development code to the existing libgit2 code, or
+comparing libgit2 to the git reference implementation.
+
+## Running benchmark tests
+
+Benchmark tests can be run in several different ways: running all
+benchmarks, running one (or more) suite of benchmarks, or running a
+single individual benchmark.  You can target either an individual
+version of a CLI, or you can A/B test a baseline CLI against a test
+CLI.
+
+### Specifying the command-line interface to test
+
+By default, the `git` in your path is benchmarked.  Use the
+`-c` (or `--cli`) option to specify the command-line interface
+to test.
+
+Example: `libgit2_bench --cli git2_cli` will run the tests against
+`git2_cli`.
+
+### Running tests to compare two different implementations
+
+You can compare a baseline command-line interface against a test
+command-line interface using the `-b (or `--baseline-cli`) option.
+
+Example: `libgit2_bench --baseline-cli git --cli git2_cli` will
+run the tests against both `git` and `git2_cli`.
+
+### Running individual benchmark tests
+
+Similar to how a test suite or individual test is specified in
+[clar](https://github.com/clar-test/clar), the `-s` (or `--suite`)
+option may be used to specify the suite or individual test to run.
+Like clar, the suite and test name are separated by `::`, and like
+clar, this is a prefix match.
+
+Examples:
+* `libgit2_bench -shash_object` will run the tests in the
+  `hash_object` suite.
+* `libgit2_bench -shash_object::random_1kb` will run the
+  `hash_object::random_1kb` test.
+* `libgit2_bench -shash_object::random` will run all the tests that
+  begin with `hash_object::random`.
+
+## Writing benchmark tests
+
+Benchmark tests are meant to be easy to write.  Each individual
+benchmark is a shell script that allows it to do set up (eg, creating
+or cloning a repository, creating temporary files, etc), then running
+benchmarks, then teardown.
+
+The `benchmark_helpers.sh` script provides many helpful utility
+functions to allow for cross-platform benchmarking, as well as a
+wrapper for `hyperfine` that is suited to testing libgit2.
+Note that the helper script must be included first, at the beginning
+of the benchmark test.
+
+### Benchmark example
+
+This simplistic example compares the speed of running the `git help`
+command in the baseline CLI to the test CLI.
+
+```bash
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+# include the benchmark library
+. "$(dirname "$0")/benchmark_helpers.sh"
+
+# run the "help" command; this will benchmark `git2_cli help`
+gitbench help
+```
+
+### Naming
+
+The filename of the benchmark itself is important.  A benchmark's
+filename should be the name of the benchmark suite, followed by two
+underscores, followed by the name of the benchmark.  For example,
+`hash-object__random_1kb` is the `random_1kb` test in the `hash-object`
+suite.
+
+### Options
+
+The `gitbench` function accepts several options.
+
+* `--sandbox <path>`
+  The name of a test resource (in the `tests/resources` directory).
+  This will be copied as-is to the sandbox location before test
+  execution.  This is copied _before_ the `prepare` script is run.
+  This option may be specified multiple times.
+* `--repository <path>`  
+  The name of a test resource repository (in the `tests/resources`
+  directory).  This repository will be copied into a sandbox location
+  before test execution, and your test will run in this directory.
+  This is copied _before_ the `prepare` script is run.
+* `--prepare <script>`  
+  A script to run before each invocation of the test is run.  This can
+  set up data for the test that will _not_ be timed.  This script is run
+  in bash on all platforms.
+
+  Several helper functions are available within the context of a prepare
+  script:
+
+  * `flush_disk_cache`  
+    Calling this will flush the disk cache before each test run.
+    This should probably be run at the end of the `prepare` script.
+  * `create_random_file <path> [<size>]`
+    Calling this will populate a file at the given `path` with `size`
+    bytes of random data.
+  * `create_text_file <path> [<size>]`
+    Calling this will populate a file at the given `path` with `size`
+    bytes of predictable text, with the platform line endings.  This
+    is preferred over random data as it's reproducible.
+
+* `--warmup <n>`  
+  Specifies that the test should run `n` times before actually measuring
+  the timing; useful for "warming up" a cache.
+
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/benchmark.sh b/tests/benchmarks/benchmark.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+#
+# parse the command line
+#
+
+usage() { echo "usage: $(basename "$0") [--cli <path>] [--baseline-cli <path>] [--suite <suite>] [--json <path>] [--zip <path>] [--verbose] [--debug]"; }
+
+TEST_CLI="git"
+BASELINE_CLI=
+SUITE=
+JSON_RESULT=
+ZIP_RESULT=
+OUTPUT_DIR=
+VERBOSE=
+DEBUG=
+NEXT=
+
+for a in "$@"; do
+	if [ "${NEXT}" = "cli" ]; then
+		TEST_CLI="${a}"
+		NEXT=
+	elif [ "${NEXT}" = "baseline-cli" ]; then
+		BASELINE_CLI="${a}"
+		NEXT=
+	elif [ "${NEXT}" = "suite" ]; then
+		SUITE="${a}"
+		NEXT=
+	elif [ "${NEXT}" = "json" ]; then
+		JSON_RESULT="${a}"
+		NEXT=
+	elif [ "${NEXT}" = "zip" ]; then
+		ZIP_RESULT="${a}"
+		NEXT=
+	elif [ "${NEXT}" = "output-dir" ]; then
+		OUTPUT_DIR="${a}"
+		NEXT=
+	elif [ "${a}" = "c" ] || [ "${a}" = "--cli" ]; then
+		NEXT="cli"
+	elif [[ "${a}" == "-c"* ]]; then
+		TEST_CLI="${a/-c/}"
+	elif [ "${a}" = "b" ] || [ "${a}" = "--baseline-cli" ]; then
+		NEXT="baseline-cli"
+	elif [[ "${a}" == "-b"* ]]; then
+		BASELINE_CLI="${a/-b/}"
+	elif [ "${a}" = "-s" ] || [ "${a}" = "--suite" ]; then
+		NEXT="suite"
+	elif [[ "${a}" == "-s"* ]]; then
+		SUITE="${a/-s/}"
+	elif [ "${a}" = "-v" ] || [ "${a}" == "--verbose" ]; then
+		VERBOSE=1
+	elif [ "${a}" == "--debug" ]; then
+		VERBOSE=1
+		DEBUG=1
+	elif [ "${a}" = "-j" ] || [ "${a}" == "--json" ]; then
+		NEXT="json"
+	elif [[ "${a}" == "-j"* ]]; then
+		JSON_RESULT="${a/-j/}"
+	elif [ "${a}" = "-z" ] || [ "${a}" == "--zip" ]; then
+		NEXT="zip"
+	elif [[ "${a}" == "-z"* ]]; then
+		ZIP_RESULT="${a/-z/}"
+	elif [ "${a}" = "--output-dir" ]; then
+		NEXT="output-dir"
+	else
+		echo "$(basename "$0"): unknown option: ${a}" 1>&2
+		usage 1>&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+done
+
+if [ "${NEXT}" != "" ]; then
+	usage 1>&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "${OUTPUT_DIR}" = "" ]; then
+	OUTPUT_DIR=${OUTPUT_DIR:="$(mktemp -d)"}
+	CLEANUP_DIR=1
+fi
+
+#
+# collect some information about the test environment
+#
+
+SYSTEM_OS=$(uname -s)
+if [ "${SYSTEM_OS}" = "Darwin" ]; then SYSTEM_OS="macOS"; fi
+
+SYSTEM_KERNEL=$(uname -v)
+
+fullpath() {
+	if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "MINGW"* && $(cygpath -u "${TEST_CLI}") == "/"* ]]; then
+		echo "${TEST_CLI}"
+	elif [[ "${TEST_CLI}" == "/"* ]]; then
+		echo "${TEST_CLI}"
+	else
+		which "${TEST_CLI}"
+	fi
+}
+
+cli_version() {
+	if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "MINGW"* ]]; then
+		$(cygpath -u "$1") --version
+	else
+		"$1" --version
+	fi
+}
+
+TEST_CLI_NAME=$(basename "${TEST_CLI}")
+TEST_CLI_PATH=$(fullpath "${TEST_CLI}")
+TEST_CLI_VERSION=$(cli_version "${TEST_CLI}")
+
+if [ "${BASELINE_CLI}" != "" ]; then
+	if [[ "${BASELINE_CLI}" == "/"* ]]; then
+		BASELINE_CLI_PATH="${BASELINE_CLI}"
+	else
+		BASELINE_CLI_PATH=$(which "${BASELINE_CLI}")
+	fi
+
+	BASELINE_CLI_NAME=$(basename "${BASELINE_CLI}")
+	BASELINE_CLI_PATH=$(fullpath "${BASELINE_CLI}")
+	BASELINE_CLI_VERSION=$(cli_version "${BASELINE_CLI}")
+fi
+
+#
+# run the benchmarks
+#
+
+echo "##############################################################################"
+if [ "${SUITE}" != "" ]; then
+	SUITE_PREFIX="${SUITE/::/__}"
+	echo "## Running ${SUITE} benchmarks"
+else
+	echo "## Running all benchmarks"
+fi
+echo "##############################################################################"
+echo ""
+
+if [ "${BASELINE_CLI}" != "" ]; then
+	echo "# Baseline CLI: ${BASELINE_CLI} (${BASELINE_CLI_VERSION})"
+fi
+echo "# Test CLI: ${TEST_CLI} (${TEST_CLI_VERSION})"
+echo ""
+
+BENCHMARK_DIR=${BENCHMARK_DIR:=$(dirname "$0")}
+ANY_FOUND=
+ANY_FAILED=
+
+indent() { sed "s/^/  /"; }
+time_in_ms() { if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then date "+%s000"; else date "+%s%N" ; fi; }
+humanize_secs() {
+	units=('s' 'ms' 'us' 'ns')
+	unit=0
+	time="${1}"
+
+	if [ "${time}" = "" ]; then
+		echo ""
+		return
+	fi
+
+	# bash doesn't do floating point arithmetic.  ick.
+	while [[ "${time}" == "0."* ]] && [ "$((unit+1))" != "${#units[*]}" ]; do
+		time="$(echo | awk "{ print ${time} * 1000 }")"
+		unit=$((unit+1))
+	done
+
+	echo "${time} ${units[$unit]}"
+}
+
+TIME_START=$(time_in_ms)
+
+for TEST_PATH in "${BENCHMARK_DIR}"/*; do
+	TEST_FILE=$(basename "${TEST_PATH}")
+
+	if [ ! -f "${TEST_PATH}" ] || [ ! -x "${TEST_PATH}" ]; then
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	if [[ "${TEST_FILE}" != *"__"* ]]; then
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	if [[ "${TEST_FILE}" != "${SUITE_PREFIX}"* ]]; then
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	ANY_FOUND=1
+	TEST_NAME="${TEST_FILE/__/::}"
+
+	echo -n "${TEST_NAME}:"
+	if [ "${VERBOSE}" = "1" ]; then
+		echo ""
+	else
+		echo -n "  "
+	fi
+
+	if [ "${DEBUG}" = "1" ]; then
+		SHOW_OUTPUT="--show-output"
+	fi
+
+	OUTPUT_FILE="${OUTPUT_DIR}/${TEST_FILE}.out"
+	JSON_FILE="${OUTPUT_DIR}/${TEST_FILE}.json"
+	ERROR_FILE="${OUTPUT_DIR}/${TEST_FILE}.err"
+
+	FAILED=
+	${TEST_PATH} --cli "${TEST_CLI}" --baseline-cli "${BASELINE_CLI}" --json "${JSON_FILE}" ${SHOW_OUTPUT} >"${OUTPUT_FILE}" 2>"${ERROR_FILE}" || FAILED=1
+
+	if [ "${FAILED}" = "1" ]; then
+		if [ "${VERBOSE}" != "1" ]; then
+			echo "failed!"
+		fi
+
+		indent < "${ERROR_FILE}"
+		ANY_FAILED=1
+		continue
+	fi
+
+	# in verbose mode, just print the hyperfine results; otherwise,
+	# pull the useful information out of its json and summarize it
+	if [ "${VERBOSE}" = "1" ]; then
+		indent < "${OUTPUT_FILE}"
+	else
+		jq -r '[ .results[0].mean, .results[0].stddev, .results[1].mean, .results[1].stddev ] | @tsv' < "${JSON_FILE}" | while IFS=$'\t' read -r one_mean one_stddev two_mean two_stddev; do
+			one_mean=$(humanize_secs "${one_mean}")
+			one_stddev=$(humanize_secs "${one_stddev}")
+
+			if [ "${two_mean}" != "" ]; then
+				two_mean=$(humanize_secs "${two_mean}")
+				two_stddev=$(humanize_secs "${two_stddev}")
+
+				echo "${one_mean} ± ${one_stddev}  vs  ${two_mean} ± ${two_stddev}"
+			else
+				echo "${one_mean} ± ${one_stddev}"
+			fi
+		done
+	fi
+
+	# add our metadata to the hyperfine json result
+	jq ". |= { \"name\": \"${TEST_NAME}\" } + ." < "${JSON_FILE}" > "${JSON_FILE}.new" && mv "${JSON_FILE}.new" "${JSON_FILE}"
+done
+
+TIME_END=$(time_in_ms)
+
+if [ "$ANY_FOUND" != "1" ]; then
+	echo ""
+	echo "error: no benchmark suite \"${SUITE}\"."
+	echo ""
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+escape() {
+	echo "${1//\\/\\\\}"
+}
+
+# combine all the individual benchmark results into a single json file
+if [ "${JSON_RESULT}" != "" ]; then
+	if [ "${VERBOSE}" = "1" ]; then
+		echo ""
+		echo "# Writing JSON results: ${JSON_RESULT}"
+	fi
+
+	SYSTEM_JSON="{ \"os\": \"${SYSTEM_OS}\",  \"kernel\": \"${SYSTEM_KERNEL}\" }"
+	TIME_JSON="{ \"start\": ${TIME_START}, \"end\": ${TIME_END} }"
+	TEST_CLI_JSON="{ \"name\": \"${TEST_CLI_NAME}\", \"path\": \"$(escape "${TEST_CLI_PATH}")\", \"version\": \"${TEST_CLI_VERSION}\" }"
+	BASELINE_CLI_JSON="{ \"name\": \"${BASELINE_CLI_NAME}\", \"path\": \"$(escape "${BASELINE_CLI_PATH}")\", \"version\": \"${BASELINE_CLI_VERSION}\" }"
+
+	if [ "${BASELINE_CLI}" != "" ]; then
+		EXECUTOR_JSON="{ \"baseline\": ${BASELINE_CLI_JSON}, \"cli\": ${TEST_CLI_JSON} }"
+	else
+		EXECUTOR_JSON="{ \"cli\": ${TEST_CLI_JSON} }"
+	fi
+
+	# add our metadata to all the test results
+	jq -n "{ \"system\": ${SYSTEM_JSON}, \"time\": ${TIME_JSON}, \"executor\": ${EXECUTOR_JSON}, \"tests\": [inputs] }" "${OUTPUT_DIR}"/*.json > "${JSON_RESULT}"
+fi
+
+# combine all the data into a zip if requested
+if [ "${ZIP_RESULT}" != "" ]; then
+	if [ "${VERBOSE}" = "1" ]; then
+		if [ "${JSON_RESULT}" = "" ]; then echo ""; fi
+		echo "# Writing ZIP results: ${ZIP_RESULT}"
+	fi
+
+	zip -jr "${ZIP_RESULT}" "${OUTPUT_DIR}" >/dev/null
+fi
+
+if [ "$CLEANUP_DIR" = "1" ]; then
+	rm -f "${OUTPUT_DIR}"/*.out
+	rm -f "${OUTPUT_DIR}"/*.err
+	rm -f "${OUTPUT_DIR}"/*.json
+	rmdir "${OUTPUT_DIR}"
+fi
+
+if [ "$ANY_FAILED" = "1" ]; then
+	exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/benchmark_helpers.sh b/tests/benchmarks/benchmark_helpers.sh
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+# variables that benchmark tests can set
+#
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+#
+# command-line parsing
+#
+
+usage() { echo "usage: $(basename "$0") [--cli <path>] [--baseline-cli <path>] [--output-style <style>] [--json <path>]"; }
+
+NEXT=
+BASELINE_CLI=
+TEST_CLI="git"
+JSON=
+SHOW_OUTPUT=
+
+if [ "$CI" != "" ]; then
+	OUTPUT_STYLE="color"
+else
+	OUTPUT_STYLE="auto"
+fi
+
+#
+# parse the arguments to the outer script that's including us; these are arguments that
+# the `benchmark.sh` passes (or that a user could specify when running an individual test)
+#
+
+for a in "$@"; do
+	if [ "${NEXT}" = "cli" ]; then
+		TEST_CLI="${a}"
+		NEXT=
+	elif [ "${NEXT}" = "baseline-cli" ]; then
+		BASELINE_CLI="${a}"
+		NEXT=
+	elif [ "${NEXT}" = "output-style" ]; then
+		OUTPUT_STYLE="${a}"
+		NEXT=
+	elif [ "${NEXT}" = "json" ]; then
+		JSON="${a}"
+		NEXT=
+	elif [ "${a}" = "-c" ] || [ "${a}" = "--cli" ]; then
+		NEXT="cli"
+	elif [[ "${a}" == "-c"* ]]; then
+		TEST_CLI="${a/-c/}"
+	elif [ "${a}" = "-b" ] || [ "${a}" = "--baseline-cli" ]; then
+		NEXT="baseline-cli"
+	elif [[ "${a}" == "-b"* ]]; then
+		BASELINE_CLI="${a/-b/}"
+	elif [ "${a}" == "--output-style" ]; then
+		NEXT="output-style"
+	elif [ "${a}" = "-j" ] || [ "${a}" = "--json" ]; then
+		NEXT="json"
+	elif [[ "${a}" == "-j"* ]]; then
+		JSON="${a}"
+	elif [ "${a}" = "--show-output" ]; then
+		SHOW_OUTPUT=1
+		OUTPUT_STYLE=
+	else
+                echo "$(basename "$0"): unknown option: ${a}" 1>&2
+		usage 1>&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+done
+
+if [ "${NEXT}" != "" ]; then
+	echo "$(basename "$0"): option requires a value: --${NEXT}" 1>&2
+        usage 1>&2
+        exit 1
+fi
+
+fullpath() {
+	FULLPATH="${1}"
+	if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "MINGW"* ]]; then FULLPATH="$(cygpath -u "${1}")"; fi
+
+	if [[ "${FULLPATH}" != *"/"* ]]; then
+                FULLPATH="$(which "${FULLPATH}")"
+                if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then exit 1; fi
+	else
+		FULLPATH="$(cd "$(dirname "${FULLPATH}")" && pwd)/$(basename "${FULLPATH}")"
+	fi
+
+	if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "MINGW"* ]]; then FULLPATH="$(cygpath -w "${FULLPATH}")"; fi
+	echo "${FULLPATH}"
+}
+
+resources_dir() {
+	cd "$(dirname "$0")/../resources" && pwd
+}
+
+temp_dir() {
+	if [ "$(uname -s)" == "Darwin" ]; then
+		mktemp -dt libgit2_bench
+	else
+		mktemp -dt libgit2_bench.XXXXXXX
+	fi
+}
+
+create_preparescript() {
+	# add some functions for users to use in preparation
+	cat >> "${SANDBOX_DIR}/prepare.sh" << EOF
+	set -e
+
+	SANDBOX_DIR="${SANDBOX_DIR}"
+	RESOURCES_DIR="$(resources_dir)"
+
+	create_text_file() {
+		FILENAME="\${1}"
+		SIZE="\${2}"
+
+		if [ "\${FILENAME}" = "" ]; then
+			echo "usage: create_text_file <name> [size]" 1>&2
+			exit 1
+		fi
+
+		if [ "\${SIZE}" = "" ]; then
+			SIZE="1024"
+		fi
+
+		if [[ "\$(uname -s)" == "MINGW"* ]]; then
+			EOL="\r\n"
+			EOL_LEN="2"
+			CONTENTS="This is a reproducible text file. (With Unix line endings.)\n"
+			CONTENTS_LEN="60"
+		else
+			EOL="\n"
+			EOL_LEN="1"
+			CONTENTS="This is a reproducible text file. (With DOS line endings.)\r\n"
+			CONTENTS_LEN="60"
+		fi
+
+		rm -f "\${FILENAME:?}"
+		touch "\${FILENAME}"
+
+		if [ "\${SIZE}" -ge "\$((\${CONTENTS_LEN} + \${EOL_LEN}))" ]; then
+			SIZE="\$((\${SIZE} - \${CONTENTS_LEN}))"
+			COUNT="\$(((\${SIZE} - \${EOL_LEN}) / \${CONTENTS_LEN}))"
+
+			if [ "\${SIZE}" -gt "\${EOL_LEN}" ]; then
+				dd if="\${FILENAME}" of="\${FILENAME}" bs="\${CONTENTS_LEN}" seek=1 count="\${COUNT}" 2>/dev/null
+			fi
+
+			SIZE="\$((\${SIZE} - (\${COUNT} * \${CONTENTS_LEN})))"
+                fi
+
+		while [ "\${SIZE}" -gt "\${EOL_LEN}" ]; do
+			echo -ne "." >> "\${FILENAME}"
+			SIZE="\$((\${SIZE} - 1))"
+		done
+
+		if [ "\${SIZE}" = "\${EOL_LEN}" ]; then
+			echo -ne "\${EOL}" >> "\${FILENAME}"
+			SIZE="\$((\${SIZE} - \${EOL_LEN}))"
+		else
+			while [ "\${SIZE}" -gt "0" ]; do
+				echo -ne "." >> "\${FILENAME}"
+				SIZE="\$((\${SIZE} - 1))"
+			done
+		fi
+	}
+
+	create_random_file() {
+		FILENAME="\${1}"
+		SIZE="\${2}"
+
+		if [ "\${FILENAME}" = "" ]; then
+			echo "usage: create_random_file <name> [size]" 1>&2
+			exit 1
+		fi
+
+		if [ "\${SIZE}" = "" ]; then
+			SIZE="1024"
+		fi
+
+		dd if="/dev/urandom" of="\${FILENAME}" bs="\${SIZE}" count=1 2>/dev/null
+	}
+
+	flush_disk_cache() {
+		if [ "\$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+			sync && sudo purge
+		elif [ "\$(uname -s)" = "Linux" ]; then
+			sync && echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches >/dev/null
+		elif [[ "\$(uname -s)" == "MINGW"* ]]; then
+			PurgeStandbyList
+		fi
+	}
+
+	sandbox() {
+		RESOURCE="\${1}"
+
+		if [ "\${RESOURCE}" = "" ]; then
+			echo "usage: sandbox <path>" 1>&2
+			exit 1
+		fi
+
+		if [ ! -d "\${RESOURCES_DIR}/\${RESOURCE}" ]; then
+			echo "sandbox: the resource \"\${RESOURCE}\" does not exist"
+			exit 1
+		fi
+
+		rm -rf "\${SANDBOX_DIR:?}/\${RESOURCE}"
+		cp -R "\${RESOURCES_DIR}/\${RESOURCE}" "\${SANDBOX_DIR}/"
+	}
+
+	sandbox_repo() {
+		RESOURCE="\${1}"
+
+		sandbox "\${RESOURCE}"
+
+		if [ -d "\${SANDBOX_DIR}/\${RESOURCE}/.gitted" ]; then
+			mv "\${SANDBOX_DIR}/\${RESOURCE}/.gitted" "\${SANDBOX_DIR}/\${RESOURCE}/.git";
+		fi
+		if [ -f "\${SANDBOX_DIR}/\${RESOURCE}/gitattributes" ]; then
+			mv "\${SANDBOX_DIR}/\${RESOURCE}/gitattributes" "\${SANDBOX_DIR}/\${RESOURCE}/.gitattributes";
+		fi
+		if [ -f "\${SANDBOX_DIR}/\${RESOURCE}/gitignore" ]; then
+			mv "\${SANDBOX_DIR}/\${RESOURCE}/gitignore" "\${SANDBOX_DIR}/\${RESOURCE}/.gitignore";
+		fi
+	}
+
+	cd "\${SANDBOX_DIR}"
+EOF
+
+	if [ "${PREPARE}" != "" ]; then
+		echo "" >> "${SANDBOX_DIR}/prepare.sh"
+		echo "${PREPARE}" >> "${SANDBOX_DIR}/prepare.sh"
+	fi
+
+	echo "${SANDBOX_DIR}/prepare.sh"
+}
+
+create_runscript() {
+	SCRIPT_NAME="${1}"; shift
+	CLI_PATH="${1}"; shift
+
+	if [[ "${CHDIR}" = "/"* ]]; then
+		START_DIR="${CHDIR}"
+	elif [ "${CHDIR}" != "" ]; then
+		START_DIR="${SANDBOX_DIR}/${CHDIR}"
+	else
+		START_DIR="${SANDBOX_DIR}"
+	fi
+
+	# our run script starts by chdir'ing to the sandbox or repository directory
+	echo -n "cd \"${START_DIR}\" && \"${CLI_PATH}\"" >> "${SANDBOX_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.sh"
+
+	for a in "$@"; do
+		echo -n " \"${a}\"" >> "${SANDBOX_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.sh"
+	done
+
+	echo "${SANDBOX_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.sh"
+}
+
+gitbench_usage() { echo "usage: gitbench command..."; }
+
+#
+# this is the function that the outer script calls to actually do the sandboxing and
+# invocation of hyperfine.
+#
+gitbench() {
+	NEXT=
+
+	# this test should run the given command in preparation of the tests
+	# this preparation script will be run _after_ repository creation and
+	# _before_ flushing the disk cache
+	PREPARE=
+
+	# this test should run within the given directory; this is a
+	# relative path beneath the sandbox directory.
+	CHDIR=
+
+	# this test should run `n` warmups
+	WARMUP=0
+
+	if [ "$*" = "" ]; then
+		gitbench_usage 1>&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	for a in "$@"; do
+		if [ "${NEXT}" = "warmup" ]; then
+			WARMUP="${a}"
+			NEXT=
+		elif [ "${NEXT}" = "prepare" ]; then
+			PREPARE="${a}"
+			NEXT=
+		elif [ "${NEXT}" = "chdir" ]; then
+			CHDIR="${a}"
+			NEXT=
+		elif [ "${a}" = "--warmup" ]; then
+			NEXT="warmup"
+		elif [ "${a}" = "--prepare" ]; then
+			NEXT="prepare"
+		elif [ "${a}" = "--chdir" ]; then
+			NEXT="chdir"
+		elif [[ "${a}" == "--"* ]]; then
+			echo "unknown argument: \"${a}\"" 1>&2
+			gitbench_usage 1>&2
+			exit 1
+		else
+			break
+		fi
+
+		shift
+	done
+
+	if [ "${NEXT}" != "" ]; then
+		echo "$(basename "$0"): option requires a value: --${NEXT}" 1>&2
+		gitbench_usage 1>&2
+		exit 1
+	fi
+
+	# sanity check
+
+	for a in "${SANDBOX[@]}"; do
+		if [ ! -d "$(resources_dir)/${a}" ]; then
+			echo "$0: no resource '${a}' found" 1>&2
+			exit 1
+		fi
+	done
+
+	if [ "$REPOSITORY" != "" ]; then
+		if [ ! -d "$(resources_dir)/${REPOSITORY}" ]; then
+			echo "$0: no repository resource '${REPOSITORY}' found" 1>&2
+			exit 1
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# set up our sandboxing
+
+	SANDBOX_DIR="$(temp_dir)"
+
+	if [ "${BASELINE_CLI}" != "" ]; then
+		BASELINE_CLI_PATH=$(fullpath "${BASELINE_CLI}")
+		BASELINE_RUN_SCRIPT=$(create_runscript "baseline" "${BASELINE_CLI_PATH}" "$@")
+	fi
+	TEST_CLI_PATH=$(fullpath "${TEST_CLI}")
+	TEST_RUN_SCRIPT=$(create_runscript "test" "${TEST_CLI_PATH}" "$@")
+
+	PREPARE_SCRIPT="$(create_preparescript)"
+	ARGUMENTS=("--prepare" "bash ${PREPARE_SCRIPT}" "--warmup" "${WARMUP}")
+
+	if [ "${OUTPUT_STYLE}" != "" ]; then
+		ARGUMENTS+=("--style" "${OUTPUT_STYLE}")
+	fi
+
+	if [ "${SHOW_OUTPUT}" != "" ]; then
+		ARGUMENTS+=("--show-output")
+	fi
+
+	if [ "$JSON" != "" ]; then
+		ARGUMENTS+=("--export-json" "${JSON}")
+	fi
+
+	if [ "${BASELINE_CLI}" != "" ]; then
+		ARGUMENTS+=("-n" "${BASELINE_CLI} $*" "bash ${BASELINE_RUN_SCRIPT}")
+	fi
+
+	ARGUMENTS+=("-n" "${TEST_CLI} $*" "bash ${TEST_RUN_SCRIPT}")
+
+	hyperfine "${ARGUMENTS[@]}"
+	rm -rf "${SANDBOX_DIR:?}"
+}
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_100kb b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_100kb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d77f224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_100kb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")/benchmark_helpers.sh"
+
+gitbench --prepare "create_text_file text_100kb 102400 &&
+                    flush_disk_cache" \
+         hash-object "text_100kb"
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_10mb b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_10mb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..215afc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_10mb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")/benchmark_helpers.sh"
+
+gitbench --prepare "create_text_file text_10mb 10485760 &&
+                    flush_disk_cache" \
+         hash-object "text_10mb"
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_1kb b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_1kb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1348b2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_1kb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")/benchmark_helpers.sh"
+
+gitbench --prepare "create_text_file text_1kb 1024 &&
+                    flush_disk_cache" \
+         hash-object "text_1kb"
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_cached_100kb b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_cached_100kb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7c2a841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_cached_100kb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")/benchmark_helpers.sh"
+
+gitbench --prepare "create_text_file text_100kb 102400" \
+         --warmup 5 \
+         hash-object "text_100kb"
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_cached_10mb b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_cached_10mb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..311ddca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_cached_10mb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")/benchmark_helpers.sh"
+
+gitbench --prepare "create_text_file text_10mb 10485760" \
+         --warmup 5 \
+         hash-object "text_10mb"
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_cached_1kb b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_cached_1kb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..44c06ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__text_cached_1kb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")/benchmark_helpers.sh"
+
+gitbench --prepare "create_text_file text_1kb 1024" \
+         --warmup 5 \
+         hash-object "text_1kb"
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_100kb b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_100kb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fb72c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_100kb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")/benchmark_helpers.sh"
+
+gitbench --prepare "sandbox_repo empty_standard_repo &&
+                    create_text_file text_100kb 102400 &&
+                    flush_disk_cache" \
+         --chdir "empty_standard_repo" \
+         hash-object -w "../text_100kb"
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_10mb b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_10mb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9da0919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_10mb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")/benchmark_helpers.sh"
+
+gitbench --prepare "sandbox_repo empty_standard_repo &&
+                    create_text_file text_10mb 10485760 &&
+                    flush_disk_cache" \
+         --chdir "empty_standard_repo" \
+         hash-object "../text_10mb"
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_1kb b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_1kb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ca34393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_1kb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")/benchmark_helpers.sh"
+
+gitbench --prepare "sandbox_repo empty_standard_repo &&
+                    create_text_file text_1kb 1024 &&
+                    flush_disk_cache" \
+         --chdir "empty_standard_repo" \
+         hash-object "../text_1kb"
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_cached_100kb b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_cached_100kb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6803eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_cached_100kb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")/benchmark_helpers.sh"
+
+gitbench --prepare "sandbox_repo empty_standard_repo &&
+                    create_text_file text_100kb 102400" \
+         --warmup 5 \
+         --chdir "empty_standard_repo" \
+         hash-object "../text_100kb"
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_cached_10mb b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_cached_10mb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4335cc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_cached_10mb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")/benchmark_helpers.sh"
+
+gitbench --prepare "sandbox_repo empty_standard_repo &&
+                    create_text_file text_10mb 10485760" \
+         --warmup 5 \
+         --chdir "empty_standard_repo" \
+         hash-object "../text_10mb"
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_cached_1kb b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_cached_1kb
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..8a4c5c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/hash-object__write_text_cached_1kb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+. "$(dirname "$0")/benchmark_helpers.sh"
+
+gitbench --prepare "sandbox_repo empty_standard_repo &&
+                    create_text_file text_1kb 1024" \
+         --warmup 5 \
+         --chdir "empty_standard_repo" \
+         hash-object "../text_1kb"