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[PATCH 04/24] untracked cache: invalidate dirs recursively if .gitignore changes

From
Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 8, 2015, 10:12 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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It's easy to see that if an existing .gitignore changes, its SHA-1 would be different and invalidate_gitignore() is called.

If .gitignore is removed, add_excludes() will treat it like an empty .gitignore, which again should invalidate the cached directory data.

if .gitignore is added, lookup_untracked() already fills initial .gitignore SHA-1 as "empty file", so again invalidate_gitignore() is called.

Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 dir.c | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/dir.c b/dir.c
index b1c5faa..bfbd332 100644
--- a/dir.c
+++ b/dir.c
@@ -1011,7 +1011,23 @@ static void prep_exclude(struct dir_struct *dir, const char *base, int baselen)
 			add_excludes(el->src, el->src, stk->baselen, el, 1,
 				     untracked ? &sha1_stat : NULL);
 		}
-		if (untracked) {
+		/*
+		 * NEEDSWORK: when untracked cache is enabled, prep_exclude()
+		 * will first be called in valid_cached_dir() then maybe many
+		 * times more in last_exclude_matching(). When the cache is
+		 * used, last_exclude_matching() will not be called and
+		 * reading .gitignore content will be a waste.
+		 *
+		 * So when it's called by valid_cached_dir() and we can get
+		 * .gitignore SHA-1 from the index (i.e. .gitignore is not
+		 * modified on work tree), we could delay reading the
+		 * .gitignore content until we absolutely need it in
+		 * last_exclude_matching(). Be careful about ignore rule
+		 * order, though, if you do that.
+		 */
+		if (untracked &&
+		    hashcmp(sha1_stat.sha1, untracked->exclude_sha1)) {
+			invalidate_gitignore(dir->untracked, untracked);
 			hashcpy(untracked->exclude_sha1, sha1_stat.sha1);
 		}
 		dir->exclude_stack = stk;
-- 
2.3.0.rc1.137.g477eb31
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Message 5 of 25 in “nd/untracked-cache updates”
  1. 00/24 nd/untracked-cache updatesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  2. 01/24 dir.c: optionally compute sha-1 of a .gitignore fileNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  3. 02/24 untracked cache: record .gitignore information and dir hierarchyNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  4. 03/24 untracked cache: initial untracked cache validationNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  5. 04/24 untracked cache: invalidate dirs recursively if .gitignore changesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  6. 05/24 untracked cache: make a wrapper around {open,read,close}dir()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  7. 06/24 untracked cache: record/validate dir mtime and reuse cached outputNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  8. 07/24 untracked cache: mark what dirs should be recursed/savedNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  9. 08/24 untracked cache: don't open non-existent .gitignoreNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  10. 09/24 ewah: add convenient wrapper ewah_serialize_strbuf()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  11. 10/24 untracked cache: save to an index extensionNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  12. 11/24 untracked cache: load from UNTR index extensionNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  13. 12/24 untracked cache: invalidate at index addition or removalNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  14. 13/24 read-cache.c: split racy stat test to a separate functionNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  15. 14/24 untracked cache: avoid racy timestampsNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  16. 15/24 untracked cache: print stats with $GIT_TRACE_UNTRACKED_STATSNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  17. 16/24 untracked cache: mark index dirty if untracked cache is updatedNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  18. 17/24 untracked-cache: temporarily disable with $GIT_DISABLE_UNTRACKED_CACHENguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  19. 18/24 status: enable untracked cacheNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  20. 19/24 update-index: manually enable or disable untracked cacheNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  21. 20/24 update-index: test the system before enabling untracked cacheNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  22. 21/24 t7063: tests for untracked cacheNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  23. 22/24 mingw32: add uname()Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  24. 23/24 untracked cache: guard and disable on system changesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015
  25. 24/24 git-status.txt: advertisement for untracked cacheNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Mar 8, 2015

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