precommit
diff --git a/‎pre_commit/xargs.py‎
Lines changed: 13 additions & 5 deletions b/‎pre_commit/xargs.py‎
Lines changed: 13 additions & 5 deletions
diff --git a/‎tests/xargs_test.py‎
Lines changed: 35 additions & 7 deletions b/‎tests/xargs_test.py‎
Lines changed: 35 additions & 7 deletions
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import contextlib
+import math
 import multiprocessing.pool
 import sys
 
@@ -37,8 +39,13 @@ class ArgumentTooLongError(RuntimeError):
     pass
 
 
-def partition(cmd, varargs, _max_length=None):
+def partition(cmd, varargs, target_concurrency, _max_length=None):
     _max_length = _max_length or _get_platform_max_length()
+
+    # Generally, we try to partition evenly into at least `target_concurrency`
+    # partitions, but we don't want a bunch of tiny partitions.
+    max_args = max(4, math.ceil(len(varargs) / target_concurrency))
+
     cmd = tuple(cmd)
     ret = []
 
@@ -51,7 +58,10 @@ def partition(cmd, varargs, _max_length=None):
         arg = varargs.pop()
 
         arg_length = _command_length(arg) + 1
-        if total_length + arg_length <= _max_length:
+        if (
+                total_length + arg_length <= _max_length
+                and len(ret_cmd) < max_args
+        ):
             ret_cmd.append(arg)
             total_length += arg_length
         elif not ret_cmd:
@@ -94,9 +104,7 @@ def xargs(cmd, varargs, **kwargs):
     except parse_shebang.ExecutableNotFoundError as e:
         return e.to_output()
 
-    # TODO: teach partition to intelligently target our desired concurrency
-    # while still respecting max_length.
-    partitions = partition(cmd, varargs, **kwargs)
+    partitions = partition(cmd, varargs, target_concurrency, **kwargs)
 
     def run_cmd_partition(run_cmd):
         return cmd_output(*run_cmd, encoding=None, retcode=None)
 
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ def linux_mock():
 
 
 def test_partition_trivial():
-    assert xargs.partition(('cmd',), ()) == (('cmd',),)
+    assert xargs.partition(('cmd',), (), 1) == (('cmd',),)
 
 
 def test_partition_simple():
-    assert xargs.partition(('cmd',), ('foo',)) == (('cmd', 'foo'),)
+    assert xargs.partition(('cmd',), ('foo',), 1) == (('cmd', 'foo'),)
 
 
 def test_partition_limits():
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ def test_partition_limits():
             '.' * 5,
             '.' * 6,
         ),
+        1,
         _max_length=20,
     )
     assert ret == (
@@ -68,34 +69,61 @@ def test_partition_limit_win32_py3(win32_py3_mock):
     cmd = ('ninechars',)
     # counted as half because of utf-16 encode
     varargs = ('😑' * 5,)
-    ret = xargs.partition(cmd, varargs, _max_length=20)
+    ret = xargs.partition(cmd, varargs, 1, _max_length=20)
     assert ret == (cmd + varargs,)
 
 
 def test_partition_limit_win32_py2(win32_py2_mock):
     cmd = ('ninechars',)
     varargs = ('😑' * 5,)  # 4 bytes * 5
-    ret = xargs.partition(cmd, varargs, _max_length=30)
+    ret = xargs.partition(cmd, varargs, 1, _max_length=30)
     assert ret == (cmd + varargs,)
 
 
 def test_partition_limit_linux(linux_mock):
     cmd = ('ninechars',)
     varargs = ('😑' * 5,)
-    ret = xargs.partition(cmd, varargs, _max_length=30)
+    ret = xargs.partition(cmd, varargs, 1, _max_length=30)
     assert ret == (cmd + varargs,)
 
 
 def test_argument_too_long_with_large_unicode(linux_mock):
     cmd = ('ninechars',)
     varargs = ('😑' * 10,)  # 4 bytes * 10
     with pytest.raises(xargs.ArgumentTooLongError):
-        xargs.partition(cmd, varargs, _max_length=20)
+        xargs.partition(cmd, varargs, 1, _max_length=20)
+
+
+def test_partition_target_concurrency():
+    ret = xargs.partition(
+        ('foo',), ('A',) * 22,
+        4,
+        _max_length=50,
+    )
+    assert ret == (
+        ('foo',) + ('A',) * 6,
+        ('foo',) + ('A',) * 6,
+        ('foo',) + ('A',) * 6,
+        ('foo',) + ('A',) * 4,
+    )
+
+
+def test_partition_target_concurrency_wont_make_tiny_partitions():
+    ret = xargs.partition(
+        ('foo',), ('A',) * 10,
+        4,
+        _max_length=50,
+    )
+    assert ret == (
+        ('foo',) + ('A',) * 4,
+        ('foo',) + ('A',) * 4,
+        ('foo',) + ('A',) * 2,
+    )
 
 
 def test_argument_too_long():
     with pytest.raises(xargs.ArgumentTooLongError):
-        xargs.partition(('a' * 5,), ('a' * 5,), _max_length=10)
+        xargs.partition(('a' * 5,), ('a' * 5,), 1, _max_length=10)
 
 
 def test_xargs_smoke():