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Re: [PATCH] gitk: refresh the index before running diff-files

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 30, 2012, 20:34 UTC
Message-ID
<20120930203458.GA31365@elie.Belkin>
In-Reply-To
<20120930014203.GA10664@sigill.intra.peff.net>
Hi Jeff,
Jeff King wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 10:05:27AM +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
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>> Unfortunately this will wait for the git update-index command to
>> complete, making the GUI unresponsive while it executes, and that can
>> take minutes on a large repository (e.g. the linux kernel) on a
>> machine with a slow disk and a cold disk cache.  We will need to make
>> the git update-index execute asynchronously.
>
> Good point. We're getting out of my very limited tcl cargo-culting
> skills now, so I'll let somebody more clueful do that fix.
You might find the following patch and discussion entertaining:
  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/144182
Not my itch, but it was fun to write back then. ;-)

Hope that helps, Jonathan

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  3. gitk: refresh the index before running diff-filesJeff King, Sep 28, 2012
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2012
  5. Andreas SchwabSep 28, 2012
  6. Jeff KingSep 28, 2012
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2012
  8. Jeff KingSep 28, 2012
  9. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2012
  10. Andreas SchwabSep 28, 2012
  11. Paul MackerrasSep 30, 2012
  12. Jeff KingSep 30, 2012
  13. Jonathan NiederSep 30, 2012
  14. Jeff KingOct 1, 2012
  15. Junio C HamanoOct 1, 2012
  16. Junio C HamanoSep 28, 2012
  17. Scott BatchelorOct 3, 2012
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