From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 16:58:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/15] git-note: A mechanisim for providing free-form after-the-fact annotations on commits
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.98.0705280957070.26602@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <200705281840.50814.johan@herland.net>



On Mon, 28 May 2007, Johan Herland wrote:
> 
> I still don't see what makes note objects inherently more expensive than
> commit objects. Except for the refs, of course, but we're getting rid
> of those (at least replacing them with a more efficient reverse mapping).

It's exactly the refs that I worry about.

Anything that needs to read in all notes at startup is going to be _slow_.

In contrast, commits we read when (and only when) we need them.

		Linus