improve performance of diffs (#32393)

This has two major changes that significantly reduce the amount of work
done for large diffs:

* Kill a running git process when reaching the maximum number of files
in a diff, preventing it from processing the entire diff.
* When loading a diff with the URL param `file-only=true`, skip loading
stats. This speeds up loading both hidden files of a diff and sections
of a diff when clicking the "Show More" button.

A couple of minor things from profiling are also included:

* Reuse existing repo in `PrepareViewPullInfo` if head and base are the
same.

The performance impact is going to depend heavily on the individual diff
and the hardware it runs on, but when testing locally on a diff changing
100k+ lines over hundreds of files, I'm seeing a roughly 75% reduction
in time to load the result of "Show More"

---------

Co-authored-by: wxiaoguang <wxiaoguang@gmail.com>

routers/web/repo/commit.go

@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ func Diff(ctx *context.Context) {
 		MaxLineCharacters:  setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLineCharacters,
 		MaxFiles:           maxFiles,
 		WhitespaceBehavior: gitdiff.GetWhitespaceFlag(ctx.Data["WhitespaceBehavior"].(string)),
+		FileOnly:           fileOnly,
 	}, files...)
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.NotFound("GetDiff", err)

routers/web/repo/compare.go

@@ -611,6 +611,8 @@ func PrepareCompareDiff(
 		maxLines, maxFiles = -1, -1
 	}
 
+	fileOnly := ctx.FormBool("file-only")
+
 	diff, err := gitdiff.GetDiff(ctx, ci.HeadGitRepo,
 		&gitdiff.DiffOptions{
 			BeforeCommitID:     beforeCommitID,
@@ -621,6 +623,7 @@ func PrepareCompareDiff(
 			MaxFiles:           maxFiles,
 			WhitespaceBehavior: whitespaceBehavior,
 			DirectComparison:   ci.DirectComparison,
+			FileOnly:           fileOnly,
 		}, ctx.FormStrings("files")...)
 	if err != nil {
 		ctx.ServerError("GetDiffRangeWithWhitespaceBehavior", err)

routers/web/repo/pull.go

@@ -395,12 +395,12 @@ func PrepareViewPullInfo(ctx *context.Context, issue *issues_model.Issue) *git.C
 	var headBranchSha string
 	// HeadRepo may be missing
 	if pull.HeadRepo != nil {
-		headGitRepo, err := gitrepo.OpenRepository(ctx, pull.HeadRepo)
+		headGitRepo, closer, err := gitrepo.RepositoryFromContextOrOpen(ctx, pull.HeadRepo)
 		if err != nil {
-			ctx.ServerError("OpenRepository", err)
+			ctx.ServerError("RepositoryFromContextOrOpen", err)
 			return nil
 		}
-		defer headGitRepo.Close()
+		defer closer.Close()
 
 		if pull.Flow == issues_model.PullRequestFlowGithub {
 			headBranchExist = headGitRepo.IsBranchExist(pull.HeadBranch)
@@ -747,6 +747,7 @@ func viewPullFiles(ctx *context.Context, specifiedStartCommit, specifiedEndCommi
 		MaxLineCharacters:  setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLineCharacters,
 		MaxFiles:           maxFiles,
 		WhitespaceBehavior: gitdiff.GetWhitespaceFlag(ctx.Data["WhitespaceBehavior"].(string)),
+		FileOnly:           fileOnly,
 	}
 
 	if !willShowSpecifiedCommit {

services/gitdiff/gitdiff.go

@@ -380,18 +380,11 @@ func (diffFile *DiffFile) GetType() int {
 }
 
 // GetTailSection creates a fake DiffLineSection if the last section is not the end of the file
-func (diffFile *DiffFile) GetTailSection(gitRepo *git.Repository, leftCommitID, rightCommitID string) *DiffSection {
+func (diffFile *DiffFile) GetTailSection(gitRepo *git.Repository, leftCommit, rightCommit *git.Commit) *DiffSection {
 	if len(diffFile.Sections) == 0 || diffFile.Type != DiffFileChange || diffFile.IsBin || diffFile.IsLFSFile {
 		return nil
 	}
-	leftCommit, err := gitRepo.GetCommit(leftCommitID)
+
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil
-	}
-	rightCommit, err := gitRepo.GetCommit(rightCommitID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil
-	}
 	lastSection := diffFile.Sections[len(diffFile.Sections)-1]
 	lastLine := lastSection.Lines[len(lastSection.Lines)-1]
 	leftLineCount := getCommitFileLineCount(leftCommit, diffFile.Name)
@@ -536,11 +529,6 @@ parsingLoop:
 			lastFile := createDiffFile(diff, line)
 			diff.End = lastFile.Name
 			diff.IsIncomplete = true
-			_, err := io.Copy(io.Discard, reader)
-			if err != nil {
-				// By the definition of io.Copy this never returns io.EOF
-				return diff, fmt.Errorf("error during io.Copy: %w", err)
-			}
 			break parsingLoop
 		}
 
@@ -1101,6 +1089,7 @@ type DiffOptions struct {
 	MaxFiles           int
 	WhitespaceBehavior git.TrustedCmdArgs
 	DirectComparison   bool
+	FileOnly           bool
 }
 
 // GetDiff builds a Diff between two commits of a repository.
@@ -1109,12 +1098,16 @@ type DiffOptions struct {
 func GetDiff(ctx context.Context, gitRepo *git.Repository, opts *DiffOptions, files ...string) (*Diff, error) {
 	repoPath := gitRepo.Path
 
+	var beforeCommit *git.Commit
 	commit, err := gitRepo.GetCommit(opts.AfterCommitID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	cmdDiff := git.NewCommand(gitRepo.Ctx)
+	cmdCtx, cmdCancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	defer cmdCancel()
+
+	cmdDiff := git.NewCommand(cmdCtx)
 	objectFormat, err := gitRepo.GetObjectFormat()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -1136,6 +1129,12 @@ func GetDiff(ctx context.Context, gitRepo *git.Repository, opts *DiffOptions, fi
 			AddArguments(opts.WhitespaceBehavior...).
 			AddDynamicArguments(actualBeforeCommitID, opts.AfterCommitID)
 		opts.BeforeCommitID = actualBeforeCommitID
+
+		var err error
+		beforeCommit, err = gitRepo.GetCommit(opts.BeforeCommitID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 
 	// In git 2.31, git diff learned --skip-to which we can use to shortcut skip to file
@@ -1163,14 +1162,16 @@ func GetDiff(ctx context.Context, gitRepo *git.Repository, opts *DiffOptions, fi
 			Dir:     repoPath,
 			Stdout:  writer,
 			Stderr:  stderr,
-		}); err != nil {
+		}); err != nil && err.Error() != "signal: killed" {
 			log.Error("error during GetDiff(git diff dir: %s): %v, stderr: %s", repoPath, err, stderr.String())
 		}
 
 		_ = writer.Close()
 	}()
 
-	diff, err := ParsePatch(ctx, opts.MaxLines, opts.MaxLineCharacters, opts.MaxFiles, reader, parsePatchSkipToFile)
+	diff, err := ParsePatch(cmdCtx, opts.MaxLines, opts.MaxLineCharacters, opts.MaxFiles, reader, parsePatchSkipToFile)
+	// Ensure the git process is killed if it didn't exit already
+	cmdCancel()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to ParsePatch: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -1205,37 +1206,28 @@ func GetDiff(ctx context.Context, gitRepo *git.Repository, opts *DiffOptions, fi
 		}
 		diffFile.IsGenerated = isGenerated.Value()
 
-		tailSection := diffFile.GetTailSection(gitRepo, opts.BeforeCommitID, opts.AfterCommitID)
+		tailSection := diffFile.GetTailSection(gitRepo, beforeCommit, commit)
 		if tailSection != nil {
 			diffFile.Sections = append(diffFile.Sections, tailSection)
 		}
 	}
 
-	separator := "..."
+	if opts.FileOnly {
-	if opts.DirectComparison {
+		return diff, nil
-		separator = ".."
 	}
 
-	diffPaths := []string{opts.BeforeCommitID + separator + opts.AfterCommitID}
+	stats, err := GetPullDiffStats(gitRepo, opts)
-	if len(opts.BeforeCommitID) == 0 || opts.BeforeCommitID == objectFormat.EmptyObjectID().String() {
-		diffPaths = []string{objectFormat.EmptyTree().String(), opts.AfterCommitID}
-	}
-	diff.NumFiles, diff.TotalAddition, diff.TotalDeletion, err = git.GetDiffShortStat(gitRepo.Ctx, repoPath, nil, diffPaths...)
-	if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "no merge base") {
-		// git >= 2.28 now returns an error if base and head have become unrelated.
-		// previously it would return the results of git diff --shortstat base head so let's try that...
-		diffPaths = []string{opts.BeforeCommitID, opts.AfterCommitID}
-		diff.NumFiles, diff.TotalAddition, diff.TotalDeletion, err = git.GetDiffShortStat(gitRepo.Ctx, repoPath, nil, diffPaths...)
-	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	diff.NumFiles, diff.TotalAddition, diff.TotalDeletion = stats.NumFiles, stats.TotalAddition, stats.TotalDeletion
+
 	return diff, nil
 }
 
 type PullDiffStats struct {
-	TotalAddition, TotalDeletion int
+	NumFiles, TotalAddition, TotalDeletion int
 }
 
 // GetPullDiffStats
@@ -1259,12 +1251,12 @@ func GetPullDiffStats(gitRepo *git.Repository, opts *DiffOptions) (*PullDiffStat
 		diffPaths = []string{objectFormat.EmptyTree().String(), opts.AfterCommitID}
 	}
 
-	_, diff.TotalAddition, diff.TotalDeletion, err = git.GetDiffShortStat(gitRepo.Ctx, repoPath, nil, diffPaths...)
+	diff.NumFiles, diff.TotalAddition, diff.TotalDeletion, err = git.GetDiffShortStat(gitRepo.Ctx, repoPath, nil, diffPaths...)
 	if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), "no merge base") {
 		// git >= 2.28 now returns an error if base and head have become unrelated.
 		// previously it would return the results of git diff --shortstat base head so let's try that...
 		diffPaths = []string{opts.BeforeCommitID, opts.AfterCommitID}
-		_, diff.TotalAddition, diff.TotalDeletion, err = git.GetDiffShortStat(gitRepo.Ctx, repoPath, nil, diffPaths...)
+		diff.NumFiles, diff.TotalAddition, diff.TotalDeletion, err = git.GetDiffShortStat(gitRepo.Ctx, repoPath, nil, diffPaths...)
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err

services/repository/files/temp_repo.go

@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ func (t *TemporaryUploadRepository) DiffIndex() (*gitdiff.Diff, error) {
 			Stderr:  stderr,
 			PipelineFunc: func(ctx context.Context, cancel context.CancelFunc) error {
 				_ = stdoutWriter.Close()
+				defer cancel()
 				diff, finalErr = gitdiff.ParsePatch(t.ctx, setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLines, setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLineCharacters, setting.Git.MaxGitDiffFiles, stdoutReader, "")
 				if finalErr != nil {
 					log.Error("ParsePatch: %v", finalErr)
@@ -371,10 +372,14 @@ func (t *TemporaryUploadRepository) DiffIndex() (*gitdiff.Diff, error) {
 			log.Error("Unable to ParsePatch in temporary repo %s (%s). Error: %v", t.repo.FullName(), t.basePath, finalErr)
 			return nil, finalErr
 		}
-		log.Error("Unable to run diff-index pipeline in temporary repo %s (%s). Error: %v\nStderr: %s",
+
-			t.repo.FullName(), t.basePath, err, stderr)
+		// If the process exited early, don't error
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to run diff-index pipeline in temporary repo %s. Error: %w\nStderr: %s",
+		if err != context.Canceled {
-			t.repo.FullName(), err, stderr)
+			log.Error("Unable to run diff-index pipeline in temporary repo %s (%s). Error: %v\nStderr: %s",
+				t.repo.FullName(), t.basePath, err, stderr)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unable to run diff-index pipeline in temporary repo %s. Error: %w\nStderr: %s",
+				t.repo.FullName(), err, stderr)
+		}
 	}
 
 	diff.NumFiles, diff.TotalAddition, diff.TotalDeletion, err = git.GetDiffShortStat(t.ctx, t.basePath, git.TrustedCmdArgs{"--cached"}, "HEAD")