Jeff King <[email protected]> writes: > So I think we actually _can_ think of would_convert_to_git() as > basically free. Or as free as other efficient-lookup functions we call > like cache_name_pos().
OK. > The thought "does this tree reuse even speed things up enough to justify > its complexity" definitely crossed my mind. It's basically swapping > open/mmap for zlib inflating the content. > > But I do think it helps in the "want_file" case (i.e., when we are > writing out a tempfile for an external command via prepare_temp_file()). > There it helps us omit writing a tempfile to disk entirely, including > any possible conversion. OK. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
