Commit 31c21d50 authored by Sean McGivern's avatar Sean McGivern

Merge branch 'sha-attributes-for-postgresql-and-mysql' into 'master'

Added code for defining SHA attributes

See merge request !12555
parents 0b704d4e af1f6844
module ShaAttribute
extend ActiveSupport::Concern
module ClassMethods
def sha_attribute(name)
column = columns.find { |c| c.name == name.to_s }
# In case the table doesn't exist we won't be able to find the column,
# thus we will only check the type if the column is present.
if column && column.type != :binary
raise ArgumentError,
"sha_attribute #{name.inspect} is invalid since the column type is not :binary"
end
attribute(name, Gitlab::Database::ShaAttribute.new)
end
end
end
...@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ ...@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
- [Polymorphic Associations](polymorphic_associations.md) - [Polymorphic Associations](polymorphic_associations.md)
- [Single Table Inheritance](single_table_inheritance.md) - [Single Table Inheritance](single_table_inheritance.md)
- [Background Migrations](background_migrations.md) - [Background Migrations](background_migrations.md)
- [Storing SHA1 Hashes As Binary](sha1_as_binary.md)
## i18n ## i18n
......
# Storing SHA1 Hashes As Binary
Storing SHA1 hashes as strings is not very space efficient. A SHA1 as a string
requires at least 40 bytes, an additional byte to store the encoding, and
perhaps more space depending on the internals of PostgreSQL and MySQL.
On the other hand, if one were to store a SHA1 as binary one would only need 20
bytes for the actual SHA1, and 1 or 4 bytes of additional space (again depending
on database internals). This means that in the best case scenario we can reduce
the space usage by 50%.
To make this easier to work with you can include the concern `ShaAttribute` into
a model and define a SHA attribute using the `sha_attribute` class method. For
example:
```ruby
class Commit < ActiveRecord::Base
include ShaAttribute
sha_attribute :sha
end
```
This allows you to use the value of the `sha` attribute as if it were a string,
while storing it as binary. This means that you can do something like this,
without having to worry about converting data to the right binary format:
```ruby
commit = Commit.find_by(sha: '88c60307bd1f215095834f09a1a5cb18701ac8ad')
commit.sha = '971604de4cfa324d91c41650fabc129420c8d1cc'
commit.save
```
There is however one requirement: the column used to store the SHA has _must_ be
a binary type. For Rails this means you need to use the `:binary` type instead
of `:text` or `:string`.
module Gitlab
module Database
BINARY_TYPE = if Gitlab::Database.postgresql?
# PostgreSQL defines its own class with slightly different
# behaviour from the default Binary type.
ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::PostgreSQL::OID::Bytea
else
ActiveRecord::Type::Binary
end
# Class for casting binary data to hexadecimal SHA1 hashes (and vice-versa).
#
# Using ShaAttribute allows you to store SHA1 values as binary while still
# using them as if they were stored as string values. This gives you the
# ease of use of string values, but without the storage overhead.
class ShaAttribute < BINARY_TYPE
PACK_FORMAT = 'H*'.freeze
# Casts binary data to a SHA1 in hexadecimal.
def type_cast_from_database(value)
value = super
value ? value.unpack(PACK_FORMAT)[0] : nil
end
# Casts a SHA1 in hexadecimal to the proper binary format.
def type_cast_for_database(value)
arg = value ? [value].pack(PACK_FORMAT) : nil
super(arg)
end
end
end
end
require 'spec_helper'
describe Gitlab::Database::ShaAttribute do
let(:sha) do
'9a573a369a5bfbb9a4a36e98852c21af8a44ea8b'
end
let(:binary_sha) do
[sha].pack('H*')
end
let(:binary_from_db) do
if Gitlab::Database.postgresql?
"\\x#{sha}"
else
binary_sha
end
end
let(:attribute) { described_class.new }
describe '#type_cast_from_database' do
it 'converts the binary SHA to a String' do
expect(attribute.type_cast_from_database(binary_from_db)).to eq(sha)
end
end
describe '#type_cast_for_database' do
it 'converts a SHA String to binary data' do
expect(attribute.type_cast_for_database(sha).to_s).to eq(binary_sha)
end
end
end
require 'spec_helper'
describe ShaAttribute do
let(:model) { Class.new { include ShaAttribute } }
before do
columns = [
double(:column, name: 'name', type: :text),
double(:column, name: 'sha1', type: :binary)
]
allow(model).to receive(:columns).and_return(columns)
end
describe '#sha_attribute' do
it 'defines a SHA attribute for a binary column' do
expect(model).to receive(:attribute)
.with(:sha1, an_instance_of(Gitlab::Database::ShaAttribute))
model.sha_attribute(:sha1)
end
it 'raises ArgumentError when the column type is not :binary' do
expect { model.sha_attribute(:name) }.to raise_error(ArgumentError)
end
end
end
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