Eric Kow <[email protected]> writes: > On Sun, Jun 07, 2009 at 11:32:12 +0200, Petr Rockai wrote: >>> Will loading/reading a 7.2M file for darcs operations create any >>> noticeable overhead? >> >> Well, what do you mean with "noticeable overhead" anyway? > > I just meant if reading the large index file would contribute a > significant amount (say a few seconds) of time to our total wall time > in a large repository (as you say, it's still a net improvement, but > I'm just curious).
Pathological example: I have a file with a large number of changed files. One of these, "foo", has grown from an empty file to a one-line file. If I run "darcs whatsnew foo", i.e. restricting the whatsnew check to that single file, will it take noticably longer to read foo *and* the huge index (with hashed-storage) as compared to just reading foo (which, theoretically, is what Darcs 2.2 does)? _______________________________________________ darcs-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users
