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Re: update-index --assume-unchanged doesn't make things go fast

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Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 25, 2008, 19:53 UTC
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On 6/25/08, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Which git version do you use? Does it have the following configuration
>  variable (also available as command option):
>
>   status.showUntrackedFiles::
> [...]

Thanks, I didn't know about that one. Using that definitely makes "git status" go much faster (pretty much instantaneous if I've also used --assume-unchanged on everything).

Now the catch is, if I want to implement the daemon I was talking about earlier, I'd like to be able to notice untracked files (or directories with untracked files) individually. Ideally, I guess the best way would be to just keep a separate list of all existing files that aren't in the index, and have git status look at that rather than at the actual filesystem.

Are there any suggestions for how best to do this?
Thanks,
Avery
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Message 7 of 16 in “update-index --assume-unchanged doesn't make things go fast”
  1. Avery PennarunJun 25, 2008
  2. Michael J GruberJun 25, 2008
  3. Avery PennarunJun 25, 2008
  4. Michael J GruberJun 26, 2008
  5. Jakub NarebskiJun 25, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2008
  7. Avery PennarunJun 25, 2008
  8. Jakub NarebskiJun 25, 2008
  9. Avery PennarunJun 26, 2008
  10. Stephen R. van den BergJun 26, 2008
  11. Avery PennarunJun 27, 2008
  12. Jakub NarebskiJun 27, 2008
  13. Avery PennarunJun 27, 2008
  14. Dana HowJun 27, 2008
  15. Avery PennarunJun 27, 2008
  16. Junio C HamanoJun 28, 2008

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