examples: run fetch in a background thread This allows us to give updates on how it's doing
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diff --git a/examples/network/fetch.c b/examples/network/fetch.c
index 3bba169..f7a6064 100644
--- a/examples/network/fetch.c
+++ b/examples/network/fetch.c
@@ -3,33 +3,76 @@
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+struct dl_data {
+ git_remote *remote;
+ git_off_t *bytes;
+ git_indexer_stats *stats;
+ int ret;
+ int finished;
+};
+
+static void *download(void *ptr)
+{
+ struct dl_data *data = (struct dl_data *)ptr;
+
+ // Connect to the remote end specifying that we want to fetch
+ // information from it.
+ if (git_remote_connect(data->remote, GIT_DIR_FETCH) < 0) {
+ data->ret = -1;
+ goto exit;
+ }
+
+ // Download the packfile and index it. This function updates the
+ // amount of received data and the indexer stats which lets you
+ // inform the user about progress.
+ if (git_remote_download(data->remote, data->bytes, data->stats) < 0) {
+ data->ret = -1;
+ goto exit;
+ }
+
+ data->ret = 0;
+
+exit:
+ data->finished = 1;
+ pthread_exit(&data->ret);
+}
int fetch(git_repository *repo, int argc, char **argv)
{
git_remote *remote = NULL;
git_off_t bytes = 0;
git_indexer_stats stats;
- char *packname = NULL;
+ pthread_t worker;
+ struct dl_data data;
- // Get the remote and connect to it
+ // Figure out whether it's a named remote or a URL
printf("Fetching %s\n", argv[1]);
- if (git_remote_load(&remote, repo, argv[1]) == GIT_ENOTFOUND) {
+ if (git_remote_load(&remote, repo, argv[1]) < 0) {
if (git_remote_new(&remote, repo, argv[1], NULL) < 0)
return -1;
}
- if (git_remote_connect(remote, GIT_DIR_FETCH) < 0)
- return -1;
+ // Set up the information for the background worker thread
+ data.remote = remote;
+ data.bytes = &bytes;
+ data.stats = &stats;
+ data.ret = 0;
+ data.finished = 0;
+ memset(&stats, 0, sizeof(stats));
- // Download the packfile and index it
- // Doing this in a background thread and printing out what bytes
- // and stats.{processed,total} say would make the UI friendlier
- if (git_remote_download(remote, &bytes, &stats) < 0) {
- git_remote_free(remote);
- return -1;
- }
+ pthread_create(&worker, NULL, download, &data);
- printf("Received %d objects in %d bytes\n", stats.total, bytes);
+ // Loop while the worker thread is still running. Here we show processed
+ // and total objects in the pack and the amount of received
+ // data. Most frontends will probably want to show a percentage and
+ // the download rate.
+ do {
+ usleep(10000);
+ printf("\rReceived %d/%d objects in %d bytes", stats.processed, stats.total, bytes);
+ } while (!data.finished);
+ printf("\rReceived %d/%d objects in %d bytes\n", stats.processed, stats.total, bytes);
// Update the references in the remote's namespace to point to the
// right commits. This may be needed even if there was no packfile