Re: [PATCH] git gc: Speed it up by 18% via faster hash comparisons
* Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
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> > Another thing is that so far this optimization was only with
> > GCC, and we do not know whether it helps or harms to compilers.
> > So, maybe placing this code under 'ifdef __GNUC__' makes more
> > sense than pushing this change on other compilers too.
>
> Well, given that 90%+ of Git development is done with GCC (and probably the
> user share is similarly high as well):
>
> aldebaran:~/git> git log --pretty=oneline -i --grep gcc | wc -l
> 127
> aldebaran:~/git> git log --pretty=oneline -i --grep llvm | wc -l
> 1
I left out:
aldebaran:~/git> git log --pretty=oneline -i --grep clang | wc -l
5
Still well within the 90%+ figure.
Thanks,
Ingo