Refactor merging module and improve temporary directory handling

zcollection/merging/__init__.py

@@ -9,21 +9,20 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from typing import Protocol
-import random
+import hashlib
 import shutil
 
 import fsspec
 import fsspec.implementations.local
 import zarr.storage
 
+from zcollection import fs_utils
+
 from .. import dataset, storage, sync
 from .time_series import merge_time_series
 
 __all__ = ('MergeCallable', 'perform', 'merge_time_series')
 
-#: Character set used to create a temporary directory.
-CHARACTERS = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789_'
-
 
 #: pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods,duplicate-code
 class MergeCallable(Protocol):
@@ -88,6 +87,12 @@ def _rename(
     fs.mv(source, dest, recursive=True)
 
 
+def _extract_root_dirname(dirname: str, sep: str) -> str:
+    """Extracts the root directory name from a partition name."""
+    parts = filter(lambda x: '=' not in x, dirname.split(sep))
+    return sep.join(parts)
+
+
 def _update_fs(
     dirname: str,
     zds: dataset.Dataset,
@@ -103,9 +108,13 @@ def _update_fs(
         fs: The file system that the partition is stored on.
         synchronizer: The instance handling access to critical resources.
     """
-    # Name of the temporary directory.
-    temp: str = dirname + '.' + ''.join(
-        random.choice(CHARACTERS) for _ in range(10))
+    # Building a temporary directory to store the new data. The name of the
+    # temporary directory is the hash of the partition name.
+    temp: str = fs_utils.join_path(
+        _extract_root_dirname(dirname, fs.sep),
+        hashlib.sha256(dirname.encode()).hexdigest())
+    if fs.exists(temp):
+        fs.rm(temp, recursive=True)
 
     # Initializing Zarr group
     zarr.storage.init_group(store=fs.get_mapper(temp))

zcollection/merging/tests/test_merging.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def test_update_fs(
     generator = data.create_test_dataset(delayed=False)
     zds = next(generator)
 
-    partition_folder = local_fs.root.joinpath('partition_folder')
+    partition_folder = local_fs.root.joinpath('variable=1')
 
     zattrs = str(partition_folder.joinpath('.zattrs'))
     future = dask_client.submit(_update_fs, str(partition_folder),
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def test_perform(
     generator = data.create_test_dataset(delayed=delayed)
     zds = next(generator)
 
-    path = str(local_fs.root.joinpath('folder'))
+    path = str(local_fs.root.joinpath('variable=1'))
 
     future = dask_client.submit(_update_fs, path, dask_client.scatter(zds),
                                 local_fs.fs)