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Re: [RFC/PATCH] gitweb: Paginate project list

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
May 14, 2008, 07:59 UTC
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<200805140959.58263.jnareb@gmail.com>
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<200805140128.40853.jnareb@gmail.com>
On Wed, 14 May 2008, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> On Tue, 13 May 2008, Lars Hjemli wrote:
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>> Another (less accurate) alternative is to stat one or more of
>> packed-refs and refs/heads/*; cgit uses both of these alternatives to 
>> avoid hitting the repo (i.e. object-db) when the project list/search
>> page is generated.
> 
>                                              [It] doesn't hit the 
> object-db, but it hits I/O (perhaps very slightly); and the second 
> solution is what we can pursue for gitweb in addition to caching data.

NOTE, NOTE, NOTE! This changes _semantics_ from "Last Change" (i.e. commit date of latest commit), to "Last Update" (when latest batch of objects arrived at given repository).

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Jakub Narebski
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Message 20 of 20 in “gitweb: Simplify git_project_list_body”
  1. gitweb: Simplify git_project_list_bodyJakub Narebski, May 1, 2008
  2. gitweb: Allow project description in project_index fileJakub Narebski, May 2, 2008
  3. Miklos VajnaMay 2, 2008
  4. gitweb: Allow project description in project_index fileJakub Narebski, May 3, 2008
  5. Miklos VajnaMay 4, 2008
  6. gitweb: Project searchJakub Narebski, May 9, 2008
  7. gitweb: Paginate project listJakub Narebski, May 10, 2008
  8. J.H.May 10, 2008
  9. Jakub NarebskiMay 10, 2008
  10. J.H.May 11, 2008
  11. Jakub NarebskiMay 11, 2008
  12. Jakub NarebskiMay 12, 2008
  13. Lars HjemliMay 12, 2008
  14. Jakub NarebskiMay 13, 2008
  15. Lars HjemliMay 13, 2008
  16. Jakub NarebskiMay 13, 2008
  17. Kristian HøgsbergMay 13, 2008
  18. Lars HjemliMay 13, 2008
  19. Jakub NarebskiMay 13, 2008
  20. Jakub NarebskiMay 14, 2008

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