Re: [Email External to GFS] Re: Git status extremely slow if any file is a multiple of 8GBi

From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
Date: May 6, 2022, 09:40 UTC
Message-ID: <5fcf56ee-8da9-c4b0-a23f-661bbb727077@iee.email>
In-Reply-To: <CY4PR16MB165558026798A6E51E6A005FAFC59@CY4PR16MB1655.namprd16.prod.outlook.com>

On 06/05/2022 01:22, Jason Hatton wrote:

> I believe it would be best to only change the behavior of files that are
> multiples of 2^32 exactly. Changing the behavior of all files larger than
> 4GBi may not be good. I like the idea of using 0x80000000 instead of 1.

I think, having had a further think, that the 0x80000000 would be a better balance as it would, as you say, only affect exact multiples of 4GiB, and fix the 'racy' confusion.

> I have a patch file, but I'm not sure how to actually submit it. I'm going to
> attempt using outlook.
>
> Jason

You maybe able to use the `git format-patch` to generate an easily applied patch, and `git send-email` to post it to the list without damage from outlook/gmail/whatever.

Se the bottom part of https://public-inbox.org/git/CY4PR16MB165558026798A6E51E6A005FAFC59@CY4PR16MB1655.namprd16.prod.outlook.com/ which has "Reply instructions:"

or just start with a simple .patch or .txt attachment (or in-line) of the diff to get a good visual.

The full discussion about submitting patches is at https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/SubmittingPatches (and other hosts), but don't let perfect be the enemy of useful;

-- Philip