Re: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2024, #08; Tue, 26)

From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: Mar 26, 2024, 20:30 UTC
Message-ID: <ZgMwaG28aoC7Njcg@nand.local>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqle64algt.fsf@gitster.g>

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 11:37:06AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> * tb/pseudo-merge-reachability-bitmap (2024-03-20) 24 commits
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>  [...]
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>  The pack-bitmap machinery has been extended to write bitmaps for
>  pseudo-merges, which are imaginary commits which act as octopus
>  merges covering groups of the un-bitmapped parts of history at
>  reference tips.  This is good for ... what ...?

Instead of "this is good for ... what ...", let me know what you think of:

  This allows for greater bitmap coverage (and, thus, performance when
  using bitmaps) of repositories with many references which ordinarily
  would not receive full coverage.

>  Expecting a reroll.

I'm planning on sending one soon, but was hoping that Peff or someone else familiar with the bitmap machinery would look over some of the technical details first.

>  cf. <ZfyxCLpjbaScIdWA@nand.local>
>  source: <cover.1710972293.git.me@ttaylorr.com>

Thanks, Taylor