When running "diff-index --cached" after making a change to only a small
portion of the index, there is no point unpacking unchanged subtrees into
the index recursively, only to find that all entries match anyway. Tweak
unpack_trees() logic that is used to read in the tree object to catch the
case where the tree entry we are looking at matches the index as a whole
by looking at the cache-tree.
As an exercise, after modifying a few paths in the kernel tree, here are
a few numbers on my Athlon 64X2 3800+:
(without patch, hot cache)
$ /usr/bin/time git diff --cached --raw
:100644 100644 b57e1f5... e69de29... M Makefile
:100644 000000 8c86b72... 0000000... D arch/x86/Makefile
:000000 100644 0000000... e69de29... A arche
0.07user 0.02system 0:00.09elapsed 102%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (0major+9407minor)pagefaults 0swaps
(with patch, hot cache)
$ /usr/bin/time ../git.git/git-diff --cached --raw
:100644 100644 b57e1f5... e69de29... M Makefile
:100644 000000 8c86b72... 0000000... D arch/x86/Makefile
:000000 100644 0000000... e69de29... A arche
0.02user 0.00system 0:00.02elapsed 103%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (0major+2446minor)pagefaults 0swaps
Cold cache numbers are very impressive, but it does not matter very much
in practice:
(without patch, cold cache)
$ su root sh -c 'echo 3 >/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches'
$ /usr/bin/time git diff --cached --raw
:100644 100644 b57e1f5... e69de29... M Makefile
:100644 000000 8c86b72... 0000000... D arch/x86/Makefile
:000000 100644 0000000... e69de29... A arche
0.06user 0.17system 0:10.26elapsed 2%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
247032inputs+0outputs (1172major+8237minor)pagefaults 0swaps
(with patch, cold cache)
$ su root sh -c 'echo 3 >/proc/sys/vm/drop_caches'
$ /usr/bin/time ../git.git/git-diff --cached --raw
:100644 100644 b57e1f5... e69de29... M Makefile
:100644 000000 8c86b72... 0000000... D arch/x86/Makefile
:000000 100644 0000000... e69de29... A arche
0.02user 0.01system 0:01.01elapsed 3%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
18440inputs+0outputs (79major+2369minor)pagefaults 0swaps
This of course helps "git status" as well.
(without patch, hot cache)
$ /usr/bin/time ../git.git/git-status >/dev/null
0.17user 0.18system 0:00.35elapsed 100%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+5336outputs (0major+10970minor)pagefaults 0swaps
(with patch, hot cache)
$ /usr/bin/time ../git.git/git-status >/dev/null
0.10user 0.16system 0:00.27elapsed 99%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+5336outputs (0major+3921minor)pagefaults 0swaps
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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GIT - the stupid content tracker
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"git" can mean anything, 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
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.
It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of
hackers around the net. It is currently maintained by Junio C Hamano.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/everyday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-commandname.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).
Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git.or.cz/
including full documentation and Git related tools.
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. 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
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git and other archival sites.
The messages titled "A note from the maintainer", "What's in
git.git (stable)" and "What's cooking in git.git (topics)" and
the discussion following them on the mailing list give a good
reference for project status, development direction and
remaining tasks.
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