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Re: Fix revision log diff setup, avoid unnecessary diff generation

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 29, 2007, 22:11 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
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> On Sat, 29 Sep 2007, Pierre Habouzit wrote:
>>
>> -				if (strcmp(argv[i], "-z"))
>> -					revs->diff = 1;
>> +				revs->diff = strcmp(argv[i], "-z")
>> +					&& strcmp(argv[i], "--color")
>> +					&& strcmp(argv[i], "--no-color");
>
> The old code was already pretty damn ugly, the new code is worse (never 
> mind the bug).
>
> I don't think we should care *at*all* about the actual argument string, we 
> should just look at what the diffopts end up being at the end.
Thanks, I think this is the sanest thing to do.
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Message 11 of 12 in “Big performance regression with --no-color option in git-log”
  1. Marco CostalbaSep 29, 2007
  2. Pierre HabouzitSep 29, 2007
  3. Pierre HabouzitSep 29, 2007
  4. Marco CostalbaSep 29, 2007
  5. 1/1 --color and --no-color git-log options don't need diffs to be computed.Pierre Habouzit, Sep 29, 2007
  6. David KastrupSep 29, 2007
  7. Pierre HabouzitSep 29, 2007
  8. Marco CostalbaSep 29, 2007
  9. Marco CostalbaSep 29, 2007
  10. Fix revision log diff setup, avoid unnecessary diff generationLinus Torvalds, Sep 29, 2007
  11. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 29, 2007

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