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Re: [Census] So who uses git?

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Feb 1, 2006, 19:29 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0602011909330.6498@beast.quantumfyre.co.uk>
On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Julian Phillips wrote:
> 
> As it happens, yes ... I can't say that I've noticed git being particularly
> slow, but then - I've not tried running git with a local repos ... ;)

Well, NFS seems to be ok. Which is not that surprising: NFS has gotten a _lot_ of attention in the caching area (I worked on it myself a couple of years back when the page cache transition happened during 2.3.x, but happily we've had very good NFS maintainership since, so I don't get involved any more).

Your numbers show that NFS is fine (my "benchmark" is that I refuse to see the kinds of commit times that "cvs commit" does - easily several minutes for a big project. If it goes over 2 seconds, it's painful, and over ten seconds is totally unacceptable).

Your numbers seem to say that at least with a good network/server, NFS on Linux is not a problem at all.

CIFS is likely a very different animal. I suspect the cifs people have spent a whole lot more effort on strange Windows interaction issues than on trying to make sure that cached performance is top-notch.

			Linus
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Message 96 of 105 in “LCA06 Cogito/GIT workshop - (Re: git-whatchanged: exit out early on errors)”
  1. Martin LanghoffJan 26, 2006
  2. Linus TorvaldsJan 28, 2006
  3. Martin LanghoffJan 28, 2006
  4. Linus TorvaldsJan 28, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2006
  6. Fredrik KuivinenJan 29, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2006
  8. Keith PackardJan 28, 2006
  9. [Census] So who uses git?Junio C Hamano, Jan 28, 2006
  10. Morten WelinderJan 29, 2006
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2006
  12. Morten WelinderJan 29, 2006
  13. Junio C HamanoJan 29, 2006
  14. Keith PackardJan 29, 2006
  15. Radoslaw SzkodzinskiJan 29, 2006
  16. Greg KHJan 29, 2006
  17. Radoslaw SzkodzinskiJan 31, 2006
  18. Radoslaw SzkodzinskiJan 31, 2006
  19. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2006
  20. Radoslaw SzkodzinskiJan 31, 2006
  21. Alex RiesenJan 30, 2006
  22. Linus TorvaldsJan 31, 2006
  23. J. Bruce FieldsJan 31, 2006
  24. Alex RiesenJan 31, 2006
  25. Dave JonesJan 29, 2006
  26. Daniel BarkalowJan 29, 2006
  27. Martin LanghoffJan 29, 2006
  28. Mike McCormackJan 30, 2006
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  33. Linus TorvaldsJan 31, 2006
  34. J. Bruce FieldsJan 31, 2006
  35. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2006
  36. Jon LoeligerJan 31, 2006
  37. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2006
  38. J. Bruce FieldsJan 31, 2006
  39. Keith PackardJan 31, 2006
  40. Linus TorvaldsJan 31, 2006
  41. Joel BeckerJan 31, 2006
  42. Johannes SchindelinFeb 1, 2006
  43. Sam RavnborgJan 31, 2006
  44. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2006
  45. H. Peter AnvinFeb 1, 2006
  46. Daniel BarkalowJan 31, 2006
  47. Petr BaudisJan 31, 2006
  48. Junio C HamanoJan 31, 2006
  49. Linus TorvaldsFeb 1, 2006
  50. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2006
  51. Daniel BarkalowFeb 1, 2006
  52. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2006
  53. Carl WorthFeb 1, 2006
  54. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2006
  55. Randal L. SchwartzFeb 1, 2006
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  57. Linus TorvaldsFeb 1, 2006
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  59. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2006
  60. Linus TorvaldsFeb 1, 2006
  61. Nicolas PitreFeb 1, 2006
  62. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2006
  63. Nicolas PitreFeb 1, 2006
  64. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2006
  65. Andreas EricssonFeb 2, 2006
  66. Linus TorvaldsFeb 1, 2006
  67. Two ideas for improving git's user interfaceCarl Worth, Feb 1, 2006
  68. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2006
  69. Carl WorthFeb 2, 2006
  70. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2006
  71. Carl WorthFeb 3, 2006
  72. Linus TorvaldsFeb 2, 2006
  73. Linus TorvaldsFeb 2, 2006
  74. Alan ChandlerFeb 4, 2006
  75. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2006
  76. Alan ChandlerFeb 4, 2006
  77. Carl WorthFeb 4, 2006
  78. Linus TorvaldsFeb 4, 2006
  79. Carl WorthFeb 6, 2006
  80. Florian WeimerFeb 2, 2006
  81. Carl BaldwinFeb 2, 2006
  82. Daniel BarkalowFeb 1, 2006
  83. Joel BeckerFeb 1, 2006
  84. H. Peter AnvinFeb 1, 2006
  85. J. Bruce FieldsJan 31, 2006
  86. Linus TorvaldsFeb 1, 2006
  87. Linus TorvaldsFeb 1, 2006
  88. "Assume unchanged" gitJunio C Hamano, Feb 9, 2006
  89. "Assume unchanged" git: do not set CE_VALID with --refreshJunio C Hamano, Feb 9, 2006
  90. ls-files: debugging aid for CE_VALID changes.Junio C Hamano, Feb 9, 2006
  91. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2006
  92. Linus TorvaldsFeb 1, 2006
  93. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2006
  94. Jason RiedyFeb 1, 2006
  95. Julian PhillipsFeb 1, 2006
  96. Linus TorvaldsFeb 1, 2006
  97. Chuck LeverFeb 6, 2006
  98. Martin LanghoffFeb 1, 2006
  99. Linus TorvaldsFeb 1, 2006
  100. H. Peter AnvinFeb 1, 2006
  101. Alex RiesenFeb 1, 2006
  102. Linus TorvaldsFeb 1, 2006
  103. Alex RiesenFeb 2, 2006
  104. Linus TorvaldsFeb 1, 2006
  105. Junio C HamanoFeb 1, 2006

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