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[PATCH 15/16] update-index.c: add a force-rewrite option

From
Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 2, 2012, 11:02 UTC
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Add a force-rewrite option to update-index, which allows the user to rewrite the index, even if there are no changes. This can be used to do performance tests of both the reader and the writer.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/update-index.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/builtin/update-index.c b/builtin/update-index.c
index e747def..063bf54 100644
--- a/builtin/update-index.c
+++ b/builtin/update-index.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ static int allow_remove;
 static int allow_replace;
 static int info_only;
 static int force_remove;
+static int force_rewrite;
 static int verbose;
 static int mark_valid_only;
 static int mark_skip_worktree_only;
@@ -734,6 +735,8 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		OPT_BIT(0, "unmerged", &refresh_args.flags,
 			"refresh even if index contains unmerged entries",
 			REFRESH_UNMERGED),
+		OPT_SET_INT(0, "force-rewrite", &force_rewrite,
+			"force a index rewrite even if there is no change", 1),
 		{OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "refresh", &refresh_args, NULL,
 			"refresh stat information",
 			PARSE_OPT_NOARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG,
@@ -892,7 +895,7 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		strbuf_release(&buf);
 	}
 
-	if (active_cache_changed) {
+	if (active_cache_changed || force_rewrite) {
 		if (newfd < 0) {
 			if (refresh_args.flags & REFRESH_QUIET)
 				exit(128);
-- 
1.7.10.886.gdf6792c.dirty
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Message 28 of 38 in “[RFC 0/16] Introduce index file format version 5”
  1. Thomas GummererAug 2, 2012
  2. 01/16 Modify cache_header to prepare for other index formatsThomas Gummerer, Aug 2, 2012
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 2, 2012
  4. 02/16 Modify read functions to prepare for other index formatsThomas Gummerer, Aug 2, 2012
  5. 03/16 Modify match_stat_basic to prepare for other index formatsThomas Gummerer, Aug 2, 2012
  6. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 2, 2012
  7. Thomas GummererAug 2, 2012
  8. 04/16 Modify write functions to prepare for other index formatsThomas Gummerer, Aug 2, 2012
  9. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 2, 2012
  10. Thomas GummererAug 2, 2012
  11. 05/16 t2104: Don't fail when index version is 5Thomas Gummerer, Aug 2, 2012
  12. Thomas RastAug 3, 2012
  13. Thomas GummererAug 3, 2012
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 3, 2012
  15. 06/16 t3700: sleep for 1 second, to avoid interfering with the racy codeThomas Gummerer, Aug 2, 2012
  16. 07/16 Add documentation of the index-v5 file formatThomas Gummerer, Aug 2, 2012
  17. 08/16 Make in-memory format aware of stat_crcThomas Gummerer, Aug 2, 2012
  18. 09/16 Read index-v5Thomas Gummerer, Aug 2, 2012
  19. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 2, 2012
  20. Thomas GummererAug 2, 2012
  21. 10/16 Read resolve-undo dataThomas Gummerer, Aug 2, 2012
  22. 11/16 Read cache-tree in index-v5Thomas Gummerer, Aug 2, 2012
  23. Thomas RastAug 3, 2012
  24. Thomas GummererAug 3, 2012
  25. 12/16 Write index-v5Thomas Gummerer, Aug 2, 2012
  26. 13/16 Write index-v5 cache-tree dataThomas Gummerer, Aug 2, 2012
  27. 14/16 Write resolve-undo data for index-v5Thomas Gummerer, Aug 2, 2012
  28. 15/16 update-index.c: add a force-rewrite optionThomas Gummerer, Aug 2, 2012
  29. 16/16 p0002-index.sh: add perf test for the index formatsThomas Gummerer, Aug 2, 2012
  30. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 2, 2012
  31. Thomas GummererAug 2, 2012
  32. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 2, 2012
  33. Thomas GummererAug 2, 2012
  34. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 2, 2012
  35. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyAug 3, 2012
  36. Thomas GummererAug 3, 2012
  37. Thomas RastAug 3, 2012
  38. Thomas GummererAug 3, 2012

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