[HUDI-1661] Change utility methods that help get extra metadata to ignore internal rewrite commits

• Type: Task
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Resolved
• Fix Version/s: 0.8.0
• Labels: pull-request-available
• Epic Link: Table Services - Clustering
• Assignee: satish
• Reporter: satish
• Created: 04/Mar/21 18:36
• Updated: 06/Jan/22 23:25
• Resolved: 23/Mar/21 14:13

Description

Exclude clustering commits from getExtraMetadataFromLatest API used for getting user stored information such as checkpoint.

Provide a new API incase there are use cases that store same metadata for internal (clustering) and external (commit/deltacommit).

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #2632