From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 20:12:08 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] use skip_prefix() to avoid more magic numbers
Message-ID: <xmqqsiix57fr.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <5436EAB5.2070809@web.de>

René Scharfe <l.s.r@web.de> writes:

> I didn't think much about the performance implications.  skip_prefix()
> doesn't call strlen(3), though.

Ah, OK.

> The code handles millions of ref strings per second before and after
> the change, and with the change it's faster.  I hope the results are
> reproducible and make it easier to say goodbye to pfxlen. :)

;-)