From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Cc: Radoslaw Szkodzinski <astralstorm@gorzow.mm.pl>,
Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>,
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>,
cworth@cworth.org, Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>,
Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Census] So who uses git?
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 23:01:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060131220148.GA19411@steel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601311314030.7301@g5.osdl.org>
Linus Torvalds, Tue, Jan 31, 2006 22:25:08 +0100:
> > I use git in cygwin for a project with more then 17k files (almost
> > 6M lines). It's real slow on ntfs (on 3.2Mhz PIV!)
> ...
> So we could speed it up on cygwin (and yes, it would speed git up a lot
> even on Linux, but since the cached lstat() case is so fast anyway, I
> doubt a lot of Linux users care - the biggest win would be on a cold-cache
> tree). But it would require that you explicitly _mark_ the files you edit
> some way.
I'd hate to have to do that. The project in question is just stuffed
up beyond all reason, windows' VFS is a sorry piece of junk, and I
care much more about how comfortable the tool is.
> ...
> For small projects (or big projects with fairly few files), it really
> shouldn't matter. Your 17k files example is hopefully fairly rare..
I'd say it is fairly common. It's what driven by paranoia and
suffering from chronic undereducation projects in big companies
usually end up with. Frequently right from the start...
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-31 22:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 110+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-26 2:10 LCA06 Cogito/GIT workshop - (Re: git-whatchanged: exit out early on errors) Martin Langhoff
2006-01-28 4:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-28 5:33 ` Martin Langhoff
2006-01-28 5:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-28 6:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-29 10:12 ` Fredrik Kuivinen
2006-01-29 20:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-28 11:00 ` Keith Packard
2006-01-28 21:08 ` [Census] So who uses git? Junio C Hamano
2006-01-29 2:14 ` Morten Welinder
2006-01-29 3:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-29 14:19 ` Morten Welinder
2006-01-29 20:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-29 10:09 ` Keith Packard
2006-01-29 11:18 ` Radoslaw Szkodzinski
2006-01-29 18:12 ` Greg KH
2006-01-31 18:33 ` Radoslaw Szkodzinski
2006-01-31 19:50 ` Radoslaw Szkodzinski
2006-01-31 20:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-31 21:02 ` Radoslaw Szkodzinski
2006-01-30 22:51 ` Alex Riesen
2006-01-31 21:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-31 21:52 ` J. Bruce Fields
2006-01-31 22:01 ` Alex Riesen [this message]
[not found] ` <20060201013901.GA16832@mail.com>
2006-02-01 2:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 2:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-09 5:15 ` [PATCH] "Assume unchanged" git Junio C Hamano
2006-02-09 5:49 ` [PATCH] "Assume unchanged" git: do not set CE_VALID with --refresh Junio C Hamano
2006-02-09 5:50 ` [PATCH] ls-files: debugging aid for CE_VALID changes Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 2:31 ` [Census] So who uses git? Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 3:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 7:03 ` Junio C Hamano
[not found] ` <20060201045337.GC25753@mail.com>
2006-02-01 5:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 5:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 16:15 ` Jason Riedy
2006-02-01 19:20 ` Julian Phillips
2006-02-01 19:29 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-06 21:15 ` Chuck Lever
2006-02-01 2:52 ` Martin Langhoff
2006-02-01 3:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 19:30 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-02-01 14:55 ` Alex Riesen
2006-02-01 16:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-02 9:12 ` Alex Riesen
2006-01-29 18:37 ` Dave Jones
2006-01-29 20:17 ` Daniel Barkalow
2006-01-29 20:29 ` Martin Langhoff
2006-01-30 15:23 ` Mike McCormack
2006-01-30 18:58 ` Carl Baldwin
2006-01-31 10:27 ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-01-31 15:24 ` Carl Baldwin
2006-01-31 15:31 ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-01-31 17:30 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-31 18:12 ` J. Bruce Fields
2006-01-31 19:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-31 19:44 ` Jon Loeliger
2006-01-31 19:52 ` Junio C Hamano
[not found] ` <7vd5i8w2nc.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
2006-01-31 20:56 ` J. Bruce Fields
2006-01-31 20:06 ` J. Bruce Fields
2006-01-31 19:01 ` Keith Packard
2006-01-31 19:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-31 22:55 ` Joel Becker
2006-02-01 14:43 ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-01-31 20:56 ` Sam Ravnborg
2006-01-31 22:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 19:34 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-01-31 23:16 ` Daniel Barkalow
2006-01-31 23:36 ` Petr Baudis
2006-01-31 23:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 0:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 0:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 2:19 ` Daniel Barkalow
2006-02-01 6:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 7:22 ` Carl Worth
2006-02-01 8:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 9:59 ` Randal L. Schwartz
2006-02-01 20:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 17:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 17:18 ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-02-01 20:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 21:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 21:34 ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-02-01 21:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 22:25 ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-02-01 22:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-02 14:59 ` Andreas Ericsson
2006-02-01 22:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 23:33 ` Two ideas for improving git's user interface Carl Worth
2006-02-02 0:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-02 1:16 ` Carl Worth
2006-02-02 2:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-03 23:57 ` Carl Worth
2006-02-02 1:23 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-02 1:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-04 8:03 ` Alan Chandler
2006-02-04 8:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-04 9:30 ` Alan Chandler
2006-02-04 0:20 ` Carl Worth
2006-02-04 2:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-06 23:42 ` Carl Worth
2006-02-02 12:31 ` Florian Weimer
2006-02-02 16:30 ` Carl Baldwin
2006-02-01 22:57 ` [Census] So who uses git? Daniel Barkalow
2006-02-01 22:00 ` Joel Becker
2006-02-01 19:32 ` H. Peter Anvin
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-02-01 7:08 linux
2006-02-01 8:51 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-02-01 16:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-02-01 16:10 ` Alex Riesen
2006-02-01 21:27 ` linux
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