Re: [PATCH 0/5] Use watchman to reduce index refresh time

> This series builds on top of the index-helper series I just sent and
> uses watchman to keep track of file changes in order to avoid lstat()
> at refresh time. The series can also be found at [1]
>
> When I started this work, watchman did not support Windows yet. It
> does now, even if still experimental [2]. So Windows people, please
> try it out if you have time.
>
> To put all pieces so far together, we have split-index to reduce index
> write time, untracked cache to reduce I/O as well as computation for
> .gitignore, index-helper for index read time and this series for
> lstat() at refresh time. The remaining piece is killing lstat() from
> untracked cache, but right now it's just some idea and incomplete
> code.