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Re: inotify daemon speedup for git [POC/HACK]

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JJJoshua Juran <jjuran@gmail.com>
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Jul 27, 2010, 23:39 UTC
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On Jul 27, 2010, at 4:29 PM, Avery Pennarun wrote:
> An inotify daemon could easily keep track of which files have been
> added that aren't in the index... but where would it put the list of
> files git doesn't know about?  Do they go in the index with a special
> NOT_REALLY_INDEXED flag?

One option is not to write it to disk at all. The client could consult the daemon directly.

Josh
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  1. Finn Arne GangstadJul 27, 2010
  2. Avery PennarunJul 27, 2010
  3. Joshua JuranJul 27, 2010
  4. Avery PennarunJul 27, 2010
  5. Shawn O. PearceJul 28, 2010
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  8. Avery PennarunJul 28, 2010
  9. Sverre RabbelierJul 28, 2010
  10. Jonathan NiederJul 28, 2010
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 28, 2010
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  15. Jakub NarebskiJul 28, 2010
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