From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2024, #08; Tue, 26)
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:57:48 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZgM2zMykhkIAaXro@nand.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqwmpo90xk.fsf@gitster.g>
On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 01:45:59PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:
>
> >> The pack-bitmap machinery has been extended to write bitmaps for
> >> pseudo-merges, which are imaginary commits which act as octopus
> >> merges covering groups of the un-bitmapped parts of history at
> >> reference tips. This is good for ... what ...?
> >
> > Instead of "this is good for ... what ...", let me know what you think
> > of:
> >
> > This allows for greater bitmap coverage (and, thus, performance when
> > using bitmaps) of repositories with many references which ordinarily
> > would not receive full coverage.
>
> Much better than "god for ... what ..." ;-)
>
> Now if it gets summarized in 2-5 lines, we have something we can
> use.
Sure, try this:
The pack-bitmap machinery learned to write pseudo-merge bitmaps,
which act as imaginary octopus merges covering un-bitmapped
reference tips. This enhances bitmap coverage, and thus,
performance, for repositories with many references using bitmaps.
Thanks,
Taylor
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-03-26 20:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-26 18:37 What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2024, #08; Tue, 26) Junio C Hamano
2024-03-26 20:30 ` Taylor Blau
2024-03-26 20:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2024-03-26 20:57 ` Taylor Blau [this message]
2024-03-26 21:02 ` Junio C Hamano
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