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Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy b4da37380b unpack-trees: optimize walking same trees with cache-tree
In order to merge one or many trees with the index, unpack-trees code
walks multiple trees in parallel with the index and performs n-way
merge. If we find out at start of a directory that all trees are the
same (by comparing OID) and cache-tree happens to be available for
that directory as well, we could avoid walking the trees because we
already know what these trees contain: it's flattened in what's called
"the index".

The upside is of course a lot less I/O since we can potentially skip
lots of trees (think subtrees). We also save CPU because we don't have
to inflate and apply the deltas. The downside is of course more
fragile code since the logic in some functions are now duplicated
elsewhere.

"checkout -" with this patch on webkit.git (275k files):

    baseline      new
  --------------------------------------------------------------------
    0.056651714   0.080394752 s:  read cache .git/index
    0.183101080   0.216010838 s:  preload index
    0.008584433   0.008534301 s:  refresh index
    0.633767589   0.251992198 s:   traverse_trees
    0.340265448   0.377031383 s:   check_updates
    0.381884638   0.372768105 s:   cache_tree_update
    1.401562947   1.045887251 s:  unpack_trees
    0.338687914   0.314983512 s:  write index, changed mask = 2e
    0.411927922   0.062572653 s:    traverse_trees
    0.000023335   0.000022544 s:    check_updates
    0.423697246   0.073795585 s:   unpack_trees
    0.423708360   0.073807557 s:  diff-index
    2.559524127   1.938191592 s: git command: git checkout -

Another measurement from Ben's running "git checkout" with over 500k
trees (on the whole series):

    baseline        new
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    0.535510167     0.556558733     s: read cache .git/index
    0.3057373       0.3147105       s: initialize name hash
    0.0184082       0.023558433     s: preload index
    0.086910967     0.089085967     s: refresh index
    7.889590767     2.191554433     s: unpack trees
    0.120760833     0.131941267     s: update worktree after a merge
    2.2583504       2.572663167     s: repair cache-tree
    0.8916137       0.959495233     s: write index, changed mask = 28
    3.405199233     0.2710663       s: unpack trees
    0.000999667     0.0021554       s: update worktree after a merge
    3.4063306       0.273318333     s: diff-index
    16.9524923      9.462943133     s: git command: git.exe checkout

This command calls unpack_trees() twice, the first time on 2way merge
and the second 1way merge. In both times, "unpack trees" time is
reduced to one third. Overall time reduction is not that impressive of
course because index operations take a big chunk. And there's that
repair cache-tree line.

PS. A note about cache-tree invalidation and the use of it in this
code.

We do invalidate cache-tree in _source_ index when we add new entries
to the (temporary) "result" index. But we also use the cache-tree from
source index in this optimization. Does this mean we end up having no
cache-tree in the source index to activate this optimization?

The answer is twisted: the order of finding a good cache-tree and
invalidating it matters. In this case we check for a good cache-tree
first in all_trees_same_as_cache_tree(), then we start to merge things
and potentially invalidate that same cache-tree in the process. Since
cache-tree invalidation happens after the optimization kicks in, we're
still good. But we may lose that cache-tree at the very first
call_unpack_fn() call in traverse_by_cache_tree().

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2018-08-18 09:47:46 -07:00
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README.md

Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system

Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.

Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.

Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.

Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.

See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and Documentation/git-.txt for documentation of each command. If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.

CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt (man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is installed).

The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission). To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at https://public-inbox.org/git/, http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.

Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.

The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.

The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):

  • random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
  • stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
  • "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
  • "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks