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Re: git-revert is a memory hog

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 28, 2008, 06:01 UTC
Message-ID
<20080128060149.GB13521@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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<20080127173808.GX24004@spearce.org>
On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 12:38:08PM -0500, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
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> >   git-show d19fbe8a7 | patch -p1 -R
> 
> Its more like:
> 
> 	git-diff-tree -M d19fbe8a7^ d19fbe8a7 | git-apply -R --index
> 
> In other words its doing rename detection.  Its possible that the
> rename detector fired for added/removed paths and it took some
> significant amount of memory to figure out what was renamed.

It's doubtful. There are only two files in that diff, and neither is a candidate for rename detection.

-Peff
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  4. Jeff KingJan 28, 2008
  5. Linus TorvaldsJan 29, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2008
  7. Jeff KingJan 29, 2008
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  9. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2008
  10. Jeff KingJan 29, 2008
  11. Jeff KingJan 29, 2008
  12. Linus TorvaldsJan 29, 2008
  13. Jeff KingJan 29, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2008
  15. Jeff KingJan 29, 2008
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  17. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2008
  18. Optimize rename detection for a huge diffJunio C Hamano, Jan 30, 2008
  19. Luke LuJan 30, 2008
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  21. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2008
  22. David KastrupFeb 13, 2008
  23. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2008
  24. Junio C HamanoFeb 14, 2008

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