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[PATCH v12 12/20] update-index: enable/disable watchman support

From
David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
Date
May 19, 2016, 21:45 UTC
Message-ID
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From: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Turner <dturner@twopensource.com>
---
 Documentation/git-index-helper.txt |  3 +++
 Documentation/git-update-index.txt |  6 ++++++
 builtin/update-index.c             | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-index-helper.txt b/Documentation/git-index-helper.txt
index cce00cb..55a8a5a 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-index-helper.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-index-helper.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ each with a submodule, you might need four index-helpers.  (In practice,
 this is only worthwhile for large indexes, so only use it if you notice
 that git status is slow).
 
+If you want the index-helper to accelerate untracked file checking,
+run git update-index --watchman before using it.
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 
diff --git a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
index c6cbed1..6736487 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-update-index.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
 	     [--ignore-submodules]
 	     [--[no-]split-index]
 	     [--[no-|test-|force-]untracked-cache]
+	     [--[no-]watchman]
 	     [--really-refresh] [--unresolve] [--again | -g]
 	     [--info-only] [--index-info]
 	     [-z] [--stdin] [--index-version <n>]
@@ -176,6 +177,11 @@ may not support it yet.
 --no-untracked-cache::
 	Enable or disable untracked cache feature. Please use
 	`--test-untracked-cache` before enabling it.
+
+--watchman::
+--no-watchman::
+	Enable or disable watchman support. This is, at present,
+	only useful with git index-helper.
 +
 These options take effect whatever the value of the `core.untrackedCache`
 configuration variable (see linkgit:git-config[1]). But a warning is
diff --git a/builtin/update-index.c b/builtin/update-index.c
index 1c94ca5..a3b4b5d 100644
--- a/builtin/update-index.c
+++ b/builtin/update-index.c
@@ -914,6 +914,7 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 {
 	int newfd, entries, has_errors = 0, nul_term_line = 0;
 	enum uc_mode untracked_cache = UC_UNSPECIFIED;
+	int use_watchman = -1;
 	int read_from_stdin = 0;
 	int prefix_length = prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0;
 	int preferred_index_format = 0;
@@ -1012,6 +1013,8 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			    N_("test if the filesystem supports untracked cache"), UC_TEST),
 		OPT_SET_INT(0, "force-untracked-cache", &untracked_cache,
 			    N_("enable untracked cache without testing the filesystem"), UC_FORCE),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "watchman", &use_watchman,
+			N_("use or not use watchman to reduce refresh cost")),
 		OPT_END()
 	};
 
@@ -1149,6 +1152,19 @@ int cmd_update_index(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		die("Bug: bad untracked_cache value: %d", untracked_cache);
 	}
 
+	if (use_watchman > 0) {
+		the_index.last_update    = xstrdup("");
+		the_index.cache_changed |= WATCHMAN_CHANGED;
+#ifndef USE_WATCHMAN
+		warning("git was built without watchman support -- I'm "
+			"adding the extension here, but it probably won't "
+			"do you any good.");
+#endif
+	} else if (!use_watchman) {
+		the_index.last_update    = NULL;
+		the_index.cache_changed |= WATCHMAN_CHANGED;
+	}
+
 	if (active_cache_changed) {
 		if (newfd < 0) {
 			if (refresh_args.flags & REFRESH_QUIET)
-- 
2.4.2.767.g62658d5-twtrsrc
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Message 34 of 49 in “index-helper/watchman”
  1. 00/20 index-helper/watchmanDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  2. 01/20 read-cache.c: fix constness of verify_hdr()David Turner, May 19, 2016
  3. 02/20 read-cache: allow to keep mmap'd memory after readingDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  4. 03/20 pkt-line: add gentle version of packet_writeDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  5. Duy NguyenJun 25, 2016
  6. 04/20 index-helper: new daemon for caching index and related stuffDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  7. Christian CouderJun 17, 2016
  8. Duy NguyenJun 25, 2016
  9. Duy NguyenJun 25, 2016
  10. David TurnerJun 25, 2016
  11. Duy NguyenJun 26, 2016
  12. David TurnerJun 26, 2016
  13. Duy NguyenJun 27, 2016
  14. Eric WongJun 26, 2016
  15. David TurnerJun 26, 2016
  16. Eric WongJun 26, 2016
  17. 05/20 index-helper: add --strictDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  18. Duy NguyenJun 25, 2016
  19. 06/20 daemonize(): set a flag before exiting the main processDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  20. 07/20 index-helper: add --detachDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  21. Duy NguyenJun 25, 2016
  22. 08/20 index-helper: log warningsDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  23. 09/20 read-cache: add watchman 'WAMA' extensionDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  24. Duy NguyenJun 25, 2016
  25. 10/20 watchman: support watchman to reduce index refresh costDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  26. Christian CouderJun 17, 2016
  27. 11/20 index-helper: use watchman to avoid refreshing index with lstat()David Turner, May 19, 2016
  28. Duy NguyenJun 17, 2016
  29. David TurnerJun 17, 2016
  30. David TurnerJun 19, 2016
  31. David TurnerJun 23, 2016
  32. Duy NguyenJun 23, 2016
  33. Duy NguyenJun 25, 2016
  34. 12/20 update-index: enable/disable watchman supportDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  35. Duy NguyenJun 25, 2016
  36. 13/20 unpack-trees: preserve index extensionsDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  37. 14/20 watchman: add a config option to enable the extensionDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  38. 15/20 index-helper: kill modeDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  39. 16/20 index-helper: don't run if already runningDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  40. Christian CouderJun 17, 2016
  41. 17/20 index-helper: autorun modeDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  42. Duy NguyenJun 25, 2016
  43. 18/20 index-helper: optionally automatically runDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  44. Duy NguyenJun 25, 2016
  45. 19/20 trace: measure where the time is spent in the index-heavy operationsDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  46. 20/20 index-helper: indexhelper.exitafter configDavid Turner, May 19, 2016
  47. Duy NguyenJun 25, 2016
  48. Duy NguyenJun 25, 2016
  49. David TurnerJun 26, 2016

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