From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:36:24 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/2] Speed up fetch with large number of tags
Message-ID: <7viqfapvhz.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090916224651.GA15259@spearce.org>

"Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org> writes:

> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> A few questions (not criticisms).
>> 
>>  * 1m50s to 4.5s is quite impressive, even if it is only in a repository
>>    with unusual refs-vs-commits ratio, but I personally think 10 refs per
>>    every commit is already on the borderline of being insane, and the
>>    normal ratio would be more like 1 refs per every 10-20 commits.
>
> Under Gerrit Code Review it is normaly to have 2-5 refs per commit,
> every iteration of a patch is held as a commit and anchored by a
> unique ref.
>
> So we're borderline insane.  :-)

Heh, that's way below 10 refs per commit, isn't it?