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438<h1>Scalar</h1>
439<div class="details">
Junio C Hamano7f7e6a42024-12-04 04:45:58440<span id="revdate">2024-12-04</span>
Junio C Hamanob96f40a2024-08-01 00:57:25441</div>
442</div>
443<div id="content">
444<div id="preamble">
445<div class="sectionbody">
446<div class="paragraph">
447<p>Scalar is a repository management tool that optimizes Git for use in large
448repositories. It accomplishes this by helping users to take advantage of
449advanced performance features in Git. Unlike most other Git built-in commands,
450Scalar is not executed as a subcommand of <em>git</em>; rather, it is built as a
451separate executable containing its own series of subcommands.</p>
452</div>
453</div>
454</div>
455<div class="sect1">
456<h2 id="_background">Background</h2>
457<div class="sectionbody">
458<div class="paragraph">
459<p>Scalar was originally designed as an add-on to Git and implemented as a .NET
460Core application. It was created based on the learnings from the VFS for Git
461project (another application aimed at improving the experience of working with
462large repositories). As part of its initial implementation, Scalar relied on
463custom features in the Microsoft fork of Git that have since been integrated
464into core Git:</p>
465</div>
466<div class="ulist">
467<ul>
468<li>
469<p>partial clone,</p>
470</li>
471<li>
472<p>commit graphs,</p>
473</li>
474<li>
475<p>multi-pack index,</p>
476</li>
477<li>
478<p>sparse checkout (cone mode),</p>
479</li>
480<li>
481<p>scheduled background maintenance,</p>
482</li>
483<li>
484<p>etc</p>
485</li>
486</ul>
487</div>
488<div class="paragraph">
489<p>With the requisite Git functionality in place and a desire to bring the benefits
490of Scalar to the larger Git community, the Scalar application itself was ported
491from C# to C and integrated upstream.</p>
492</div>
493</div>
494</div>
495<div class="sect1">
496<h2 id="_features">Features</h2>
497<div class="sectionbody">
498<div class="paragraph">
499<p>Scalar is comprised of two major pieces of functionality: automatically
500configuring built-in Git performance features and managing repository
501enlistments.</p>
502</div>
503<div class="paragraph">
504<p>The Git performance features configured by Scalar (see "Background" for
505examples) confer substantial performance benefits to large repositories, but are
506either too experimental to enable for all of Git yet, or only benefit large
507repositories. As new features are introduced, Scalar should be updated
508accordingly to incorporate them. This will prevent the tool from becoming stale
509while also providing a path for more easily bringing features to the appropriate
510users.</p>
511</div>
512<div class="paragraph">
513<p>Enlistments are how Scalar knows which repositories on a user&#8217;s system should
514utilize Scalar-configured features. This allows it to update performance
515settings when new ones are added to the tool, as well as centrally manage
516repository maintenance. The enlistment structure - a root directory with a
517<code>src/</code> subdirectory containing the cloned repository itself - is designed to
518encourage users to route build outputs outside of the repository to avoid the
519performance-limiting overhead of ignoring those files in Git.</p>
520</div>
521</div>
522</div>
523<div class="sect1">
524<h2 id="_design">Design</h2>
525<div class="sectionbody">
526<div class="paragraph">
527<p>Scalar is implemented in C and interacts with Git via a mix of child process
528invocations of Git and direct usage of <code>libgit.a</code>. Internally, it is structured
Junio C Hamanodc392382024-10-11 18:57:29529much like other built-ins with subcommands (e.g., <code>git</code> <code>stash</code>), containing a
530<code>cmd_</code><em>&lt;subcommand&gt;</em>() function for each subcommand, routed through a <code>cmd_main</code>()
Junio C Hamanob96f40a2024-08-01 00:57:25531function. Most options are unique to each subcommand, with <code>scalar</code> respecting
532some "global" <code>git</code> options (e.g., <code>-c</code> and <code>-C</code>).</p>
533</div>
534<div class="paragraph">
Junio C Hamanodc392382024-10-11 18:57:29535<p>Because <code>scalar</code> is not invoked as a Git subcommand (like <code>git</code> <code>scalar</code>), it is
Junio C Hamanob96f40a2024-08-01 00:57:25536built and installed as its own executable in the <code>bin/</code> directory, alongside
537<code>git</code>, <code>git-gui</code>, etc.</p>
538</div>
539</div>
540</div>
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543<div id="footer-text">
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