Re: [PATCH v5 0/4] Optionally skip hashing index on write

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 15, 2023, 09:31 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq358cgn3s.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <pull.1439.v5.git.1673022717.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> Writing the index is a critical action that takes place in multiple Git
> commands. The recent performance improvements available with the sparse
> index show how often the I/O costs around the index can affect different Git
> commands, although reading the index takes place more often than a write.

https://github.com/git/git/actions/runs/3922482355/jobs/6705454550#step:4:2006

shows that all other platforms passed but osx-gcc failed one of the tests this series added. Could it be that there is something racy about the test (1006.6 if I am not mistaken)?

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