Re: What's cooking in git.git (Feb 2022, #07; Fri, 25)

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 1, 2022, 18:06 UTC
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Tao Klerks <tao@klerks.biz> writes:

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> On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 2:47 PM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
> <avarab@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Perhaps something like this:
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>>     The performance of the "untracked cache" feature has been improved in
>>     common cases where "--untracked-files=<mode>" and
>>     "status.showUntrackedFiles" were combined. This change benefits Windows
>>     users using it in conjuction with the "fsmonitor feature in particular.
>>
>> Perhaps adding:
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>>     There's an obscure case where the performance is now worse, but it's
>>     thought not to matter.
>>
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> I really like it, thx! I would change "combined" to "aligned", and little else:
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>    The performance of the "untracked cache" feature has been improved in
>    common cases where "--untracked-files=<mode>" and
>    "status.showUntrackedFiles" were aligned. This change benefits Windows
>    users using it in conjunction with the "fsmonitor" feature in particular.
>    There's an obscure case where the performance is now worse, but it's
>    thought not to matter.

Overly long for a topic summary, with value judgements that I'd prefer to omit. What (you think) is "common" does not help us make a stronger case. I've never said I agree "it's thought not to matter" at all. Just stick to the known facts.