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Re: [PATCH 6/6] Retain caches of submodule refs

From
Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date
Oct 11, 2011, 04:12 UTC
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<4E93C232.9090400@alum.mit.edu>
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On 10/10/2011 09:53 PM, Heiko Voigt wrote:
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> On Sun, Oct 09, 2011 at 01:12:20PM +0200, Michael Haggerty wrote:
> Since the setup_revision() api can currently not be used to safely
> iterate twice over the same submodule my patch
> 
> 	allow multiple calls to submodule merge search for the same path
> 
> rewrites the search into using a child process. AFAIK the submodule ref
> iteration api would then even be unused.

If your patch is accepted, then we should check whether anything should be ripped out.

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> At least in my code there is no place where a submodule ref is changed.
> I only used it for merging submodule which only modifies the main
> module. So I would say its currently safe to assume that submodule refs
> do not get modified. If we do need that later on we can still add
> invalidation for submodule refs.
OK, thanks!
Michael
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Message 52 of 54 in “Retain caches of submodule refs”
  1. 0/6 Retain caches of submodule refsMichael Haggerty, Aug 12, 2011
  2. 1/6 Extract a function clear_cached_refs()Michael Haggerty, Aug 12, 2011
  3. 2/6 Access reference caches only through new function get_cached_refs().Michael Haggerty, Aug 12, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2011
  5. Michael HaggertyAug 23, 2011
  6. 3/6 Change the signature of read_packed_refs()Michael Haggerty, Aug 12, 2011
  7. 4/6 Allocate cached_refs objects dynamicallyMichael Haggerty, Aug 12, 2011
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2011
  9. 5/6 Store the submodule name in struct cached_refs.Michael Haggerty, Aug 12, 2011
  10. 6/6 Retain caches of submodule refsMichael Haggerty, Aug 12, 2011
  11. Heiko VoigtAug 13, 2011
  12. Michael HaggertyAug 24, 2011
  13. Heiko VoigtAug 24, 2011
  14. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2011
  15. Michael HaggertyAug 24, 2011
  16. Michael HaggertyOct 9, 2011
  17. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2011
  18. 0/2 Provide API to invalidate refs cacheMichael Haggerty, Oct 10, 2011
  19. 1/2 invalidate_cached_refs(): take the submodule as parameterMichael Haggerty, Oct 10, 2011
  20. 2/2 invalidate_cached_refs(): expose this function in refs APIMichael Haggerty, Oct 10, 2011
  21. 0/7 Provide API to invalidate refs cacheMichael Haggerty, Oct 10, 2011
  22. 1/7 invalidate_ref_cache(): rename function from invalidate_cached_refs()Michael Haggerty, Oct 10, 2011
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2011
  24. Michael HaggertyOct 11, 2011
  25. 2/7 invalidate_ref_cache(): take the submodule as parameterMichael Haggerty, Oct 10, 2011
  26. 3/7 invalidate_ref_cache(): expose this function in refs APIMichael Haggerty, Oct 10, 2011
  27. 4/7 clear_cached_refs(): rename parameterMichael Haggerty, Oct 10, 2011
  28. 5/7 clear_cached_refs(): extract two new functionsMichael Haggerty, Oct 10, 2011
  29. 6/7 write_ref_sha1(): only invalidate the loose ref cacheMichael Haggerty, Oct 10, 2011
  30. 7/7 clear_cached_refs(): inline functionMichael Haggerty, Oct 10, 2011
  31. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2011
  32. Michael HaggertyOct 11, 2011
  33. Julian PhillipsOct 11, 2011
  34. Junio C HamanoOct 11, 2011
  35. 0/7 Provide API to invalidate refs cacheMichael Haggerty, Oct 12, 2011
  36. 1/7 invalidate_ref_cache(): rename function from invalidate_cached_refs()Michael Haggerty, Oct 12, 2011
  37. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2011
  38. Michael HaggertyOct 12, 2011
  39. 2/7 invalidate_ref_cache(): take the submodule as parameterMichael Haggerty, Oct 12, 2011
  40. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2011
  41. Michael HaggertyOct 12, 2011
  42. Junio C HamanoOct 17, 2011
  43. Michael HaggertyNov 3, 2011
  44. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2011
  45. 3/7 invalidate_ref_cache(): expose this function in refs APIMichael Haggerty, Oct 12, 2011
  46. 4/7 clear_cached_refs(): rename parameterMichael Haggerty, Oct 12, 2011
  47. 5/7 clear_cached_refs(): extract two new functionsMichael Haggerty, Oct 12, 2011
  48. 6/7 write_ref_sha1(): only invalidate the loose ref cacheMichael Haggerty, Oct 12, 2011
  49. 7/7 clear_cached_refs(): inline functionMichael Haggerty, Oct 12, 2011
  50. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2011
  51. Heiko VoigtOct 10, 2011
  52. Michael HaggertyOct 11, 2011
  53. Heiko VoigtOct 11, 2011
  54. Heiko VoigtAug 13, 2011

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