Re: [GSoC] Git Blog 12

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> On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 5:47 AM ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > ZheNing Hu <adlternative@gmail.com> 于2021年8月10日周二 下午10:20写道：
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> > > I think find_subpos() called by grab_sub_body_contents() and find_wholine()
> > > called by grab_person() are evidences that we are repeating iteratively.
> > > But the proportion of time they occupy is too small. 0.0142% and 0.0109%
> > >
> >
> > Using such a method may reduce some unnecessary scans [1]
> > But it can do very little optimization... 1.6%.
> > On the other hand, our optimization should focus on the default format of
> > `git cat-file --batch`.
> >
> > My new idea is to need a fast path: when we use the default format,
> > let us directly execute get_object() to avoid unnecessary traversal
> > and checking.
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> I think it should be done not only when we use the default format but
> when we use any format that only needs the metadata provided by
> get_object(). This way that wouldn't be a special case fast path, but
> rather a generally useful optimization.