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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/9] fetch: fetch submodules in parallel
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Jeff King wrote:

> I think Jonathan's point is that you could pick _one_ active child to
> show without buffering, while simultaneously buffering everybody else's
> output.

Yep.  Thanks for interpreting.

[...]
> So to an observer, it would look like a serial operation, but subsequent
> operations after the first would magically go much faster (because
> they'd been working and buffering in the background).

Yes.

Thanks,
Jonathan