From: Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 15:05:30 GMT
Subject: Re: Getting rid of symlinks in .git?
Message-ID: <20051111150530.GT30496@pasky.or.cz>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0511111511050.7575@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>

  Hello,

Dear diary, on Fri, Nov 11, 2005 at 03:14:24PM CET, I got a letter
where Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> said that...
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2005, Simon Richter wrote:
> 
> > As someone who carries around git repositories on VFAT formatted USB 
> > sticks, I welcome our symlink-deprived overlords.
> 
> Please note that symlinks are much more performant than symrefs. Working a 
> lot with switching branches, this matters.

  this is interesting. What operations get slowed down noticeably in
particular? Do you have any timing testcases and data at hand?

  Thanks,

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