From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:42:44 GMT
Subject: Re: large files and low memory
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In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=ni_21uP7oPrmB3obMscg0o9Z=uawkM2PoxWxT@mail.gmail.com>

Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> I assume you do git-commit with no index modification at all. The
> index refresh part dated back in 2888605 (builtin-commit: fix
> partial-commit support - 2007-11-18). Commit message does not tell why
> index refresh is needed (for summary stat maybe?). If so, then we can
> skip refreshing if -q is given.

Most likely to give a clean index to post-commit hook.