Re: [PATCH v2] git-gui: simplify using nice(1)
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Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
- Date
- Aug 21, 2025, 18:59 UTC
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Am 20.08.25 um 18:50 schrieb Mark Levedahl:
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> git-gui invokes some long running commands using "nice git $cmd" if nice
> is found and works, otherwise just "git $cmd". The current code is more
> complex than needed; lets simplify it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Levedahl <mlevedahl@gmail.com>
> ---
> updates from v1:
> - _which does not return a list, _nice must be a list to handle path
> with spaces (should have been in v1, was in another patch - oops)
> - Address Kristoffer Haugsbakk's comments
>
> git-gui.sh | 30 +++++++-----------------------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/git-gui.sh b/git-gui.sh
> index 4528b22..be0b8d9 100755
> --- a/git-gui.sh
> +++ b/git-gui.sh
> @@ -578,21 +578,6 @@ proc open_cmd_pipe {cmd path} {
> return [open |$run r]
> }
>
> -proc _lappend_nice {cmd_var} {
> - global _nice
> - upvar $cmd_var cmd
> -
> - if {![info exists _nice]} {
> - set _nice [_which nice]
> - if {[catch {safe_exec [list $_nice git version]}]} {
> - set _nice {}
> - }
> - }
> - if {$_nice ne {}} {
> - lappend cmd $_nice
> - }
> -}
> -
> proc git {args} {
> git_redir $args {}
> }
> @@ -626,15 +611,14 @@ proc git_read {cmd {redir {}}} {
> return [safe_open_command $cmdp $redir]
> }
>
> -proc git_read_nice {cmd} {
> - global _git
> - set opt [list]
> -
> - _lappend_nice opt
> -
> - set cmdp [concat [list $_git] $cmd]
> +set _nice [list [_which nice]]
> +if {[catch {safe_exec [list {*}$_nice git version]}]} {
> + set _nice {}
> +}
>
> - return [safe_open_command [concat $opt $cmdp]]
> +proc git_read_nice {cmd} {
> + set cmdp [list {*}$::_nice $::_git {*}$cmd]
> + return [safe_open_command $cmdp]
> }
>
> proc git_write {cmd} {Thank you, that saves quite a few lines. A difference is that `nice` was looked up only when needed and now it's on every startup. Personally, I don't mind this change. It should not have a noticable effect on the responsiveness.
Queued with an apostrophe in "let's".
-- Hannes