fetch: let --jobs=<n> parallelize --multiple, too

So far, `--jobs=<n>` only parallelizes submodule fetches/clones, not
`--multiple` fetches, which is unintuitive, given that the option's name
does not say anything about submodules in particular.

Let's change that. With this patch, also fetches from multiple remotes
are parallelized.

For backwards-compatibility (and to prepare for a use case where
submodule and multiple-remote fetches may need different parallelization
limits), the config setting `submodule.fetchJobs` still only controls
the submodule part of `git fetch`, while the newly-introduced setting
`fetch.parallel` controls both (but can be overridden for submodules
with `submodule.fetchJobs`).

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

Documentation/config/fetch.txt

@@ -68,3 +68,13 @@ fetch.showForcedUpdates::
 	Set to false to enable `--no-show-forced-updates` in
 	linkgit:git-fetch[1] and linkgit:git-pull[1] commands.
 	Defaults to true.
+
+fetch.parallel::
+	Specifies the maximal number of fetch operations to be run in parallel
+	at a time (submodules, or remotes when the `--multiple` option of
+	linkgit:git-fetch[1] is in effect).
++
+A value of 0 will give some reasonable default. If unset, it defaults to 1.
++
+For submodules, this setting can be overridden using the `submodule.fetchJobs`
+config setting.

Documentation/fetch-options.txt

@@ -160,10 +160,15 @@ ifndef::git-pull[]
 
 -j::
 --jobs=<n>::
-	Number of parallel children to be used for fetching submodules.
-	Each will fetch from different submodules, such that fetching many
-	submodules will be faster. By default submodules will be fetched
-	one at a time.
+	Number of parallel children to be used for all forms of fetching.
++
+If the `--multiple` option was specified, the different remotes will be fetched
+in parallel. If multiple submodules are fetched, they will be fetched in
+parallel. To control them independently, use the config settings
+`fetch.parallel` and `submodule.fetchJobs` (see linkgit:git-config[1]).
++
+Typically, parallel recursive and multi-remote fetches will be faster. By
+default fetches are performed sequentially, not in parallel.
 
 --no-recurse-submodules::
 	Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as

builtin/fetch.c

@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ static int all, append, dry_run, force, keep, multiple, update_head_ok, verbosit
 static int progress = -1;
 static int enable_auto_gc = 1;
 static int tags = TAGS_DEFAULT, unshallow, update_shallow, deepen;
-static int max_children = 1;
+static int max_jobs = -1, submodule_fetch_jobs_config = -1;
+static int fetch_parallel_config = 1;
 static enum transport_family family;
 static const char *depth;
 static const char *deepen_since;
@@ -96,13 +97,20 @@ static int git_fetch_config(const char *k, const char *v, void *cb)
 	}
 
 	if (!strcmp(k, "submodule.fetchjobs")) {
-		max_children = parse_submodule_fetchjobs(k, v);
+		submodule_fetch_jobs_config = parse_submodule_fetchjobs(k, v);
 		return 0;
 	} else if (!strcmp(k, "fetch.recursesubmodules")) {
 		recurse_submodules = parse_fetch_recurse_submodules_arg(k, v);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (!strcmp(k, "fetch.parallel")) {
+		fetch_parallel_config = git_config_int(k, v);
+		if (fetch_parallel_config < 0)
+			die(_("fetch.parallel cannot be negative"));
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	return git_default_config(k, v, cb);
 }
 
@@ -134,7 +142,7 @@ static struct option builtin_fetch_options[] = {
 		    N_("fetch all tags and associated objects"), TAGS_SET),
 	OPT_SET_INT('n', NULL, &tags,
 		    N_("do not fetch all tags (--no-tags)"), TAGS_UNSET),
-	OPT_INTEGER('j', "jobs", &max_children,
+	OPT_INTEGER('j', "jobs", &max_jobs,
 		    N_("number of submodules fetched in parallel")),
 	OPT_BOOL('p', "prune", &prune,
 		 N_("prune remote-tracking branches no longer on remote")),
@@ -1456,7 +1464,62 @@ static void add_options_to_argv(struct argv_array *argv)
 
 }
 
-static int fetch_multiple(struct string_list *list)
+/* Fetch multiple remotes in parallel */
+
+struct parallel_fetch_state {
+	const char **argv;
+	struct string_list *remotes;
+	int next, result;
+};
+
+static int fetch_next_remote(struct child_process *cp, struct strbuf *out,
+			     void *cb, void **task_cb)
+{
+	struct parallel_fetch_state *state = cb;
+	char *remote;
+
+	if (state->next < 0 || state->next >= state->remotes->nr)
+		return 0;
+
+	remote = state->remotes->items[state->next++].string;
+	*task_cb = remote;
+
+	argv_array_pushv(&cp->args, state->argv);
+	argv_array_push(&cp->args, remote);
+	cp->git_cmd = 1;
+
+	if (verbosity >= 0)
+		printf(_("Fetching %s\n"), remote);
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static int fetch_failed_to_start(struct strbuf *out, void *cb, void *task_cb)
+{
+	struct parallel_fetch_state *state = cb;
+	const char *remote = task_cb;
+
+	state->result = error(_("Could not fetch %s"), remote);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int fetch_finished(int result, struct strbuf *out,
+			  void *cb, void *task_cb)
+{
+	struct parallel_fetch_state *state = cb;
+	const char *remote = task_cb;
+
+	if (result) {
+		strbuf_addf(out, _("could not fetch '%s' (exit code: %d)\n"),
+			    remote, result);
+		state->result = -1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int fetch_multiple(struct string_list *list, int max_children)
 {
 	int i, result = 0;
 	struct argv_array argv = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
@@ -1470,20 +1533,34 @@ static int fetch_multiple(struct string_list *list)
 	argv_array_pushl(&argv, "fetch", "--append", "--no-auto-gc", NULL);
 	add_options_to_argv(&argv);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < list->nr; i++) {
-		const char *name = list->items[i].string;
-		argv_array_push(&argv, name);
-		if (verbosity >= 0)
-			printf(_("Fetching %s\n"), name);
-		if (run_command_v_opt(argv.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD)) {
-			error(_("Could not fetch %s"), name);
-			result = 1;
+	if (max_children != 1 && list->nr != 1) {
+		struct parallel_fetch_state state = { argv.argv, list, 0, 0 };
+
+		argv_array_push(&argv, "--end-of-options");
+		result = run_processes_parallel_tr2(max_children,
+						    &fetch_next_remote,
+						    &fetch_failed_to_start,
+						    &fetch_finished,
+						    &state,
+						    "fetch", "parallel/fetch");
+
+		if (!result)
+			result = state.result;
+	} else
+		for (i = 0; i < list->nr; i++) {
+			const char *name = list->items[i].string;
+			argv_array_push(&argv, name);
+			if (verbosity >= 0)
+				printf(_("Fetching %s\n"), name);
+			if (run_command_v_opt(argv.argv, RUN_GIT_CMD)) {
+				error(_("Could not fetch %s"), name);
+				result = 1;
+			}
+			argv_array_pop(&argv);
 		}
-		argv_array_pop(&argv);
-	}
 
 	argv_array_clear(&argv);
-	return result;
+	return !!result;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1626,7 +1703,8 @@ int cmd_fetch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
 		strbuf_addf(&default_rla, " %s", argv[i]);
 
-	fetch_config_from_gitmodules(&max_children, &recurse_submodules);
+	fetch_config_from_gitmodules(&submodule_fetch_jobs_config,
+				     &recurse_submodules);
 	git_config(git_fetch_config, NULL);
 
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix,
@@ -1692,15 +1770,27 @@ int cmd_fetch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			fetch_one_setup_partial(remote);
 		result = fetch_one(remote, argc, argv, prune_tags_ok);
 	} else {
+		int max_children = max_jobs;
+
 		if (filter_options.choice)
 			die(_("--filter can only be used with the remote "
 			      "configured in extensions.partialclone"));
+
+		if (max_children < 0)
+			max_children = fetch_parallel_config;
+
 		/* TODO should this also die if we have a previous partial-clone? */
-		result = fetch_multiple(&list);
+		result = fetch_multiple(&list, max_children);
 	}
 
 	if (!result && (recurse_submodules != RECURSE_SUBMODULES_OFF)) {
 		struct argv_array options = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
+		int max_children = max_jobs;
+
+		if (max_children < 0)
+			max_children = submodule_fetch_jobs_config;
+		if (max_children < 0)
+			max_children = fetch_parallel_config;
 
 		add_options_to_argv(&options);
 		result = fetch_populated_submodules(the_repository,

t/t5514-fetch-multiple.sh

@@ -183,4 +183,15 @@ test_expect_success 'git fetch --all --tags' '
 	test_cmp expect test8/output
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'parallel' '
+	git remote add one ./bogus1 &&
+	git remote add two ./bogus2 &&
+
+	test_must_fail env GIT_TRACE="$PWD/trace" \
+		git fetch --jobs=2 --multiple one two 2>err &&
+	grep "preparing to run up to 2 tasks" trace &&
+	test_i18ngrep "could not fetch .one.*128" err &&
+	test_i18ngrep "could not fetch .two.*128" err
+'
+
 test_done