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[PATCH v2 01/19] reset $pathspec: no need to discard index

From
Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 15, 2013, 05:47 UTC
Message-ID
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Since 34110cd (Make 'unpack_trees()' have a separate source and destination index, 2008-03-06), the index no longer gets clobbered by do_diff_cache() and we can remove the code for discarding and re-reading it.

There are two paths to update_index_refresh() from cmd_reset(), but on both paths, either read_cache() or read_cache_unmerged() will have been called, so the call to read_cache() in this method is redundant (although practically free).

This speeds up "git reset -- ." a little on the linux-2.6 repo (best of five, warm cache):

        Before      After
real    0m0.093s    0m0.080s
user    0m0.040s    0m0.020s
sys     0m0.050s    0m0.050s
Signed-off-by: Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@gmail.com>
---
 builtin/reset.c | 16 +---------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/reset.c b/builtin/reset.c
index 915cc9f..8cc7c72 100644
--- a/builtin/reset.c
+++ b/builtin/reset.c
@@ -126,9 +126,6 @@ static int update_index_refresh(int fd, struct lock_file *index_lock, int flags)
 		fd = hold_locked_index(index_lock, 1);
 	}
 
-	if (read_cache() < 0)
-		return error(_("Could not read index"));
-
 	result = refresh_index(&the_index, (flags), NULL, NULL,
 			       _("Unstaged changes after reset:")) ? 1 : 0;
 	if (write_cache(fd, active_cache, active_nr) ||
@@ -141,12 +138,6 @@ static void update_index_from_diff(struct diff_queue_struct *q,
 		struct diff_options *opt, void *data)
 {
 	int i;
-	int *discard_flag = data;
-
-	/* do_diff_cache() mangled the index */
-	discard_cache();
-	*discard_flag = 1;
-	read_cache();
 
 	for (i = 0; i < q->nr; i++) {
 		struct diff_filespec *one = q->queue[i]->one;
@@ -179,17 +170,15 @@ static int read_from_tree(const char *prefix, const char **argv,
 		unsigned char *tree_sha1, int refresh_flags)
 {
 	struct lock_file *lock = xcalloc(1, sizeof(struct lock_file));
-	int index_fd, index_was_discarded = 0;
+	int index_fd;
 	struct diff_options opt;
 
 	memset(&opt, 0, sizeof(opt));
 	diff_tree_setup_paths(get_pathspec(prefix, (const char **)argv), &opt);
 	opt.output_format = DIFF_FORMAT_CALLBACK;
 	opt.format_callback = update_index_from_diff;
-	opt.format_callback_data = &index_was_discarded;
 
 	index_fd = hold_locked_index(lock, 1);
-	index_was_discarded = 0;
 	read_cache();
 	if (do_diff_cache(tree_sha1, &opt))
 		return 1;
@@ -197,9 +186,6 @@ static int read_from_tree(const char *prefix, const char **argv,
 	diff_flush(&opt);
 	diff_tree_release_paths(&opt);
 
-	if (!index_was_discarded)
-		/* The index is still clobbered from do_diff_cache() */
-		discard_cache();
 	return update_index_refresh(index_fd, lock, refresh_flags);
 }
 
-- 
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Message 47 of 68 in “reset improvements”
  1. 00/19 reset improvementsMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  2. 01/19 reset $pathspec: no need to discard indexMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  3. 02/19 reset $pathspec: exit with code 0 if successfulMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  4. 03/19 reset.c: pass pathspec around instead of (prefix, argv) pairMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  5. Matt KraaiJan 9, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  7. Duy NguyenJan 10, 2013
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 10, 2013
  9. Duy NguyenJan 11, 2013
  10. 04/19 reset: don't allow "git reset -- $pathspec" in bare repoMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  12. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 10, 2013
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 10, 2013
  14. 05/19 reset.c: extract function for parsing argumentsMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  15. 06/19 reset.c: remove unnecessary variable 'i'Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  17. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 10, 2013
  18. 07/19 reset.c: extract function for updating {ORIG,}HEADMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  19. Matt KraaiJan 9, 2013
  20. 08/19 reset.c: share call to die_if_unmerged_cache()Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  21. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  22. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 10, 2013
  23. 09/19 reset.c: replace switch by if-elseMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  24. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  25. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 11, 2013
  26. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2013
  27. 10/19 reset --keep: only write index file onceMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  28. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  29. 11/19 reset: avoid redundant error messageMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  30. 12/19 reset.c: move update_index_refresh() call out of read_from_tree()Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  31. 13/19 reset.c: move lock, write and commit out of update_index_refresh()Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  32. 14/19 reset [--mixed]: don't write index file twiceMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  33. 15/19 reset.c: finish entire cmd_reset() whether or not pathspec is givenMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  34. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  35. 16/19 reset [--mixed] --quiet: don't refresh indexMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  36. Jeff KingJan 9, 2013
  37. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 9, 2013
  38. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  39. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 9, 2013
  40. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  41. 17/19 reset $sha1 $pathspec: require $sha1 only to be treeishMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  42. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  43. 18/19 reset: allow reset on unborn branchMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  44. 19/19 reset [--mixed]: use diff-based reset whether or not pathspec was givenMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 9, 2013
  45. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2013
  46. 00/19 reset improvementsMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  47. 01/19 reset $pathspec: no need to discard indexMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  48. 02/19 reset $pathspec: exit with code 0 if successfulMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  49. 03/19 reset.c: pass pathspec around instead of (prefix, argv) pairMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  50. 04/19 reset: don't allow "git reset -- $pathspec" in bare repoMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  51. 05/19 reset.c: extract function for parsing argumentsMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  52. 06/19 reset.c: remove unnecessary variable 'i'Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  53. 07/19 reset.c: extract function for updating {ORIG_,}HEADMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  54. 08/19 reset.c: share call to die_if_unmerged_cache()Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  55. 09/19 reset --keep: only write index file onceMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  56. 10/19 reset: avoid redundant error messageMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  57. 11/19 reset.c: replace switch by if-elseMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  58. 12/19 reset.c: move update_index_refresh() call out of read_from_tree()Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  59. 13/19 reset.c: move lock, write and commit out of update_index_refresh()Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  60. 14/19 reset [--mixed]: only write index file onceMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  61. 15/19 reset.c: finish entire cmd_reset() whether or not pathspec is givenMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  62. 16/19 reset.c: inline update_index_refresh()Martin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  63. 17/19 reset $sha1 $pathspec: require $sha1 only to be treeishMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  64. 17/19 fixup! reset $sha1 $pathspec: require $sha1 only to be treeishMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 16, 2013
  65. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 16, 2013
  66. 18/19 reset: allow reset on unborn branchMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  67. 19/19 reset [--mixed]: use diff-based reset whether or not pathspec was givenMartin von Zweigbergk, Jan 15, 2013
  68. Martin von ZweigbergkJan 15, 2013

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