Re: [PATCH 7/8] config: add core.untrackedCache

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Dec 22, 2015, 16:33 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqh9jae94o.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8AF-7ULixapHmTtCia9x0HTtJ1nmnAER9A3BeLVjQM_Mg@mail.gmail.com>

Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

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> In that case we can just check config once in read_index_from and
> destroy UNTR extension. Or the middle ground, we check config once in
> that place, make a note in struct index_state, and make invalidate_*
> check that note instead of config file. The middle ground has an
> advantage over destroying UNTR: (probably) many operations will touch
> index but do not add or remove entries.

Or we can even teach read_index_from() to skip reading the extension without even parsing when the configuration tells it that the feature is force-disabled. It can also add an empty one when the configuration tells it that the feature is force-enabled and there is no UNTR extension yet.