Re: removing the need for "cvs add file" to contact the server....

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Tuesday, February 29, 2000 at 08:34:25 (-0500), Noel L Yap wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: removing the need for "cvs add file" to contact the server....
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 02/28/2000 10:01:35 PM
> > Hmm...  really?  Are you really sure you know what kinds of
> > optimisations I'm talking about?
> 
> Yes, one of my responses was to give pseudo-code to the algorithm used.  You
> responded affirmatively.  The algorithm has a lot of file system access.
> 
> In the same post, I also gave pseudo-code for the algorithm without the
> "optimisation".  The complexity is a lot less without the optimisation.

Then obviously you do not understand what optimisations I'm talking about.

I'll repeat again:  These optimisation are already an integral part of
CVS and they have nothing whatsoever to do with "cvs add" itself.

And also:  They do not involve the simple execution of a single command,
but rather the execution of all future commands.

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