Add cron method to gc LFS MetaObjects

custom/conf/app.example.ini

@@ -2172,6 +2172,28 @@ ROUTER = console
 ;SCHEDULE = @every 168h
 ;OLDER_THAN = 8760h
 
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;; Garbage collect LFS pointers in repositories
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;[cron.gc_lfs]
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;ENABLED = false
+;; Garbage collect LFS pointers in repositories (default false)
+;RUN_AT_START = false
+;; Interval as a duration between each gc run (default every 24h)
+;SCHEDULE = @every 24h
+;; Only attempt to garbage collect LFSMetaObjects older than this (default 7 days)
+;OLDER_THAN = 168h
+;; Only attempt to garbage collect LFSMetaObjects that have not been attempted to be garbage collected for this long (default 3 days)
+;LAST_UPDATED_MORE_THAN_AGO = 72h
+; Minimum number of stale LFSMetaObjects to check per repo. Set to `0` to always check all.
+;NUMBER_TO_CHECK_PER_REPO = 100
+;Check at least this proportion of LFSMetaObjects per repo. (This may cause all stale LFSMetaObjects to be checked.)
+;PROPORTION_TO_CHECK_PER_REPO = 0.6
+
+
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
 ;; Git Operation timeout in seconds

docs/content/doc/advanced/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md

@@ -1025,6 +1025,16 @@ Default templates for project boards:
 - `SCHEDULE`: **@every 168h**: Cron syntax to set how often to check.
 - `OLDER_THAN`: **@every 8760h**: any system notice older than this expression will be deleted from database.
 
+#### Cron -  Garbage collect LFS pointers in repositories ('cron.gc_lfs')
+
+- `ENABLED`: **false**: Enable service.
+- `RUN_AT_START`: **false**: Run tasks at start up time (if ENABLED).
+- `SCHEDULE`: **@every 24h**: Cron syntax to set how often to check.
+- `OLDER_THAN`: **168h**: Only attempt to garbage collect LFSMetaObjects older than this (default 7 days)
+- `LAST_UPDATED_MORE_THAN_AGO`: **72h**: Only attempt to garbage collect LFSMetaObjects that have not been attempted to be garbage collected for this long (default 3 days)
+- `NUMBER_TO_CHECK_PER_REPO`: **100**: Minimum number of stale LFSMetaObjects to check per repo. Set to `0` to always check all.
+- `PROPORTION_TO_CHECK_PER_REPO`: **0.6**: Check at least this proportion of LFSMetaObjects per repo. (This may cause all stale LFSMetaObjects to be checked.)
+
 ## Git (`git`)
 
 - `PATH`: **""**: The path of Git executable. If empty, Gitea searches through the PATH environment.

models/git/lfs.go

@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ type LFSMetaObject struct {
 	RepositoryID int64              `xorm:"UNIQUE(s) INDEX NOT NULL"`
 	Existing     bool               `xorm:"-"`
 	CreatedUnix  timeutil.TimeStamp `xorm:"created"`
+	UpdatedUnix  timeutil.TimeStamp `xorm:"INDEX updated"`
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -334,8 +335,45 @@ func GetRepoLFSSize(ctx context.Context, repoID int64) (int64, error) {
 	return lfsSize, nil
 }
 
+// IterateRepositoryIDsWithLFSMetaObjects iterates across the repositories that have LFSMetaObjects
+func IterateRepositoryIDsWithLFSMetaObjects(ctx context.Context, f func(ctx context.Context, repoID, count int64) error) error {
+	batchSize := setting.Database.IterateBufferSize
+	sess := db.GetEngine(ctx)
+	id := int64(0)
+	type RepositoryCount struct {
+		RepositoryID int64
+		Count        int64
+	}
+	for {
+		counts := make([]*RepositoryCount, 0, batchSize)
+		sess.Select("repository_id, COUNT(id) AS count").
+			Table("lfs_meta_object").
+			Where("repository_id > ?", id).
+			GroupBy("repository_id").
+			OrderBy("repository_id ASC")
+
+		if err := sess.Limit(batchSize, 0).Find(&counts); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if len(counts) == 0 {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		for _, count := range counts {
+			if err := f(ctx, count.RepositoryID, count.Count); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+		id = counts[len(counts)-1].RepositoryID
+	}
+}
+
+// IterateLFSMetaObjectsForRepoOptions provides options for IterateLFSMetaObjectsForRepo
 type IterateLFSMetaObjectsForRepoOptions struct {
-	OlderThan time.Time
+	OlderThan                 time.Time
+	UpdatedLessRecentlyThan   time.Time
+	OrderByUpdated            bool
+	LoopFunctionAlwaysUpdates bool
 }
 
 // IterateLFSMetaObjectsForRepo provides a iterator for LFSMetaObjects per Repo
@@ -348,28 +386,53 @@ func IterateLFSMetaObjectsForRepo(ctx context.Context, repoID int64, f func(cont
 		LFSMetaObject
 	}
 
+	id := int64(0)
+
 	for {
 		beans := make([]*CountLFSMetaObject, 0, batchSize)
-		// SELECT `lfs_meta_object`.*, COUNT(`l1`.id) as `count` FROM lfs_meta_object INNER JOIN lfs_meta_object AS l1 ON l1.oid = lfs_meta_object.oid WHERE lfs_meta_object.repository_id = ? GROUP BY lfs_meta_object.id
 		sess := engine.Select("`lfs_meta_object`.*, COUNT(`l1`.oid) AS `count`").
 			Join("INNER", "`lfs_meta_object` AS l1", "`lfs_meta_object`.oid = `l1`.oid").
 			Where("`lfs_meta_object`.repository_id = ?", repoID)
 		if !opts.OlderThan.IsZero() {
 			sess.And("`lfs_meta_object`.created_unix < ?", opts.OlderThan)
 		}
+		if !opts.UpdatedLessRecentlyThan.IsZero() {
+			sess.And("`lfs_meta_object`.updated_unix < ?", opts.UpdatedLessRecentlyThan)
+		}
 		sess.GroupBy("`lfs_meta_object`.id")
+		if opts.OrderByUpdated {
+			sess.OrderBy("`lfs_meta_object`.updated_unix ASC")
+		} else {
+			sess.And("`lfs_meta_object`.id > ?", id)
+			sess.OrderBy("`lfs_meta_object`.id ASC")
+		}
 		if err := sess.Limit(batchSize, start).Find(&beans); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		if len(beans) == 0 {
 			return nil
 		}
-		start += len(beans)
+		if !opts.LoopFunctionAlwaysUpdates {
+			start += len(beans)
+		}
 
 		for _, bean := range beans {
 			if err := f(ctx, &bean.LFSMetaObject, bean.Count); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
+		id = beans[len(beans)-1].ID
+	}
+}
+
+// MarkLFSMetaObject updates the updated time for the provided LFSMetaObject
+func MarkLFSMetaObject(ctx context.Context, id int64) error {
+	obj := &LFSMetaObject{
+		UpdatedUnix: timeutil.TimeStampNow(),
+	}
+	count, err := db.GetEngine(ctx).ID(id).Update(obj)
+	if count != 1 {
+		log.Error("Unexpectedly updated %d LFSMetaObjects with ID: %d", count, id)
 	}
+	return err
 }

models/migrations/migrations.go

@@ -432,6 +432,9 @@ var migrations = []Migration{
 	NewMigration("Update counts of all open milestones", v1_18.UpdateOpenMilestoneCounts),
 	// v230 -> v231
 	NewMigration("Add ConfidentialClient column (default true) to OAuth2Application table", v1_18.AddConfidentialClientColumnToOAuth2ApplicationTable),
+
+	// Gitea 1.18.0 ends at v231
+
 	// v231 -> v232
 	NewMigration("Add index for hook_task", v1_19.AddIndexForHookTask),
 	// v232 -> v233
@@ -446,6 +449,8 @@ var migrations = []Migration{
 	NewMigration("Create secrets table", v1_19.CreateSecretsTable),
 	// v237 -> v238
 	NewMigration("Drop ForeignReference table", v1_19.DropForeignReferenceTable),
+	// v238 -> v239
+	NewMigration("Add updated unix to LFSMetaObject", v1_19.AddUpdatedUnixToLFSMetaObject),
 }
 
 // GetCurrentDBVersion returns the current db version

models/migrations/v1_19/v238.go

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+package v1_19 //nolint
+
+import (
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/timeutil"
+
+	"xorm.io/xorm"
+)
+
+// AddUpdatedUnixToLFSMetaObject adds an updated column to the LFSMetaObject to allow for garbage collection
+func AddUpdatedUnixToLFSMetaObject(x *xorm.Engine) error {
+	// Drop the table introduced in `v211`, it's considered badly designed and doesn't look like to be used.
+	// See: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/21086#issuecomment-1318217453
+	// LFSMetaObject stores metadata for LFS tracked files.
+	type LFSMetaObject struct {
+		ID           int64              `xorm:"pk autoincr"`
+		Oid          string             `json:"oid" xorm:"UNIQUE(s) INDEX NOT NULL"`
+		Size         int64              `json:"size" xorm:"NOT NULL"`
+		RepositoryID int64              `xorm:"UNIQUE(s) INDEX NOT NULL"`
+		CreatedUnix  timeutil.TimeStamp `xorm:"created"`
+		UpdatedUnix  timeutil.TimeStamp `xorm:"INDEX updated"`
+	}
+
+	return x.Sync(new(LFSMetaObject))
+}

modules/doctor/lfs.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package doctor
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/log"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
@@ -29,7 +30,20 @@ func garbageCollectLFSCheck(ctx context.Context, logger log.Logger, autofix bool
 		return fmt.Errorf("LFS support is disabled")
 	}
 
-	if err := repository.GarbageCollectLFSMetaObjects(ctx, logger, autofix); err != nil {
+	if err := repository.GarbageCollectLFSMetaObjects(ctx, repository.GarbageCollectLFSMetaObjectsOptions{
+		Logger:  logger,
+		AutoFix: autofix,
+		// Only attempt to garbage collect lfs meta objects older than a week as the order of git lfs upload
+		// and git object upload is not necessarily guaranteed. It's possible to imagine a situation whereby
+		// an LFS object is uploaded but the git branch is not uploaded immediately, or there are some rapid
+		// changes in new branches that might lead to lfs objects becoming temporarily unassociated with git
+		// objects.
+		//
+		// It is likely that a week is potentially excessive but it should definitely be enough that any
+		// unassociated LFS object is genuinely unassociated.
+		OlderThan: time.Now().Add(-24 * time.Hour * 7),
+		// We don't set the UpdatedLessRecentlyThan because we want to do a full GC
+	}); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 

options/locale/locale_en-US.ini

@@ -2548,6 +2548,7 @@ dashboard.delete_old_actions = Delete all old actions from database
 dashboard.delete_old_actions.started = Delete all old actions from database started.
 dashboard.update_checker = Update checker
 dashboard.delete_old_system_notices = Delete all old system notices from database
+dashboard.gc_lfs = Garbage collect LFS meta objects
 
 users.user_manage_panel = User Account Management
 users.new_account = Create User Account

services/cron/tasks_extended.go

@@ -175,6 +175,48 @@ func registerDeleteOldSystemNotices() {
 	})
 }
 
+func registerGCLFS() {
+	if !setting.LFS.StartServer {
+		return
+	}
+	type GCLFSConfig struct {
+		OlderThanConfig
+		LastUpdatedMoreThanAgo   time.Duration
+		NumberToCheckPerRepo     int64
+		ProportionToCheckPerRepo float64
+	}
+
+	RegisterTaskFatal("gc_lfs", &GCLFSConfig{
+		OlderThanConfig: OlderThanConfig{
+			BaseConfig: BaseConfig{
+				Enabled:    false,
+				RunAtStart: false,
+				Schedule:   "@every 24h",
+			},
+			// Only attempt to garbage collect lfs meta objects older than a week as the order of git lfs upload
+			// and git object upload is not necessarily guaranteed. It's possible to imagine a situation whereby
+			// an LFS object is uploaded but the git branch is not uploaded immediately, or there are some rapid
+			// changes in new branches that might lead to lfs objects becoming temporarily unassociated with git
+			// objects.
+			//
+			// It is likely that a week is potentially excessive but it should definitely be enough that any
+			// unassociated LFS object is genuinely unassociated.
+			OlderThan: 24 * time.Hour * 7,
+		},
+		// Only GC things that haven't been looked at in the past 3 days
+		LastUpdatedMoreThanAgo:   24 * time.Hour * 3,
+		NumberToCheckPerRepo:     100,
+		ProportionToCheckPerRepo: 0.6,
+	}, func(ctx context.Context, _ *user_model.User, config Config) error {
+		gcLFSConfig := config.(*GCLFSConfig)
+		return repo_service.GarbageCollectLFSMetaObjects(ctx, repo_service.GarbageCollectLFSMetaObjectsOptions{
+			AutoFix:                 true,
+			OlderThan:               time.Now().Add(-gcLFSConfig.OlderThan),
+			UpdatedLessRecentlyThan: time.Now().Add(-gcLFSConfig.LastUpdatedMoreThanAgo),
+		})
+	})
+}
+
 func initExtendedTasks() {
 	registerDeleteInactiveUsers()
 	registerDeleteRepositoryArchives()
@@ -188,4 +230,5 @@ func initExtendedTasks() {
 	registerDeleteOldActions()
 	registerUpdateGiteaChecker()
 	registerDeleteOldSystemNotices()
+	registerGCLFS()
 }