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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2007 Johannes E. Schindelin
+#
+
+test_description='Test commit notes index (expensive!)'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+test -z "$GIT_NOTES_TIMING_TESTS" && {
+	say Skipping timing tests
+	test_done
+	exit
+}
+
+create_repo () {
+	number_of_commits=$1
+	nr=0
+	parent=
+	test -d .git || {
+	git init &&
+	tree=$(git write-tree) &&
+	while [ $nr -lt $number_of_commits ]; do
+		test_tick &&
+		commit=$(echo $nr | git commit-tree $tree $parent) ||
+			return
+		parent="-p $commit"
+		nr=$(($nr+1))
+	done &&
+	git update-ref refs/heads/master $commit &&
+	{
+		GIT_INDEX_FILE=.git/temp; export GIT_INDEX_FILE;
+		git rev-list HEAD | cat -n | sed "s/^[ 	][ 	]*/ /g" |
+		while read nr sha1; do
+			blob=$(echo note $nr | git hash-object -w --stdin) &&
+			echo $sha1 | sed "s/^/0644 $blob 0	/"
+		done | git update-index --index-info &&
+		tree=$(git write-tree) &&
+		test_tick &&
+		commit=$(echo notes | git commit-tree $tree) &&
+		git update-ref refs/notes/commits $commit
+	} &&
+	git config core.notesRef refs/notes/commits
+	}
+}
+
+test_notes () {
+	count=$1 &&
+	git config core.notesRef refs/notes/commits &&
+	git log | grep "^    " > output &&
+	i=1 &&
+	while [ $i -le $count ]; do
+		echo "    $(($count-$i))" &&
+		echo "    note $i" &&
+		i=$(($i+1));
+	done > expect &&
+	git diff expect output
+}
+
+cat > time_notes << \EOF
+	mode=$1
+	i=1
+	while [ $i -lt $2 ]; do
+		case $1 in
+		no-notes)
+			GIT_NOTES_REF=non-existing; export GIT_NOTES_REF
+		;;
+		notes)
+			unset GIT_NOTES_REF
+		;;
+		esac
+		git log >/dev/null
+		i=$(($i+1))
+	done
+EOF
+
+time_notes () {
+	for mode in no-notes notes
+	do
+		echo $mode
+		/usr/bin/time sh ../time_notes $mode $1
+	done
+}
+
+for count in 10 100 1000 10000; do
+
+	mkdir $count
+	(cd $count;
+
+	test_expect_success "setup $count" "create_repo $count"
+
+	test_expect_success 'notes work' "test_notes $count"
+
+	test_expect_success 'notes timing' "time_notes 100"
+	)
+done
+
+test_done