Re: [PATCH v5 4/7] update-index: use the bulk-checkin infrastructure

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> From: Neeraj Singh <neerajsi@microsoft.com>
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> The update-index functionality is used internally by 'git stash push' to
> setup the internal stashed commit.
>
> This change enables bulk-checkin for update-index infrastructure to
> speed up adding new objects to the object database by leveraging the
> pack functionality and the new bulk-fsync functionality. This mode
> is enabled when passing paths to update-index via the --stdin flag,
> as is done by 'git stash'.

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> There is some risk with this change, since under batch fsync, the object
> files will not be available until the update-index is entirely complete.
> This usage is unlikely, since any tool invoking update-index and
> expecting to see objects would have to synchronize with the update-index
> process after passing it a file path.
>
> Signed-off-by: Neeraj Singh <neerajsi@microsoft.com>
> ---
>  builtin/update-index.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)