For every new branch that git-p4 imports, it needs to find the commit
where it branched off its parent branch. While p4 doesn't record this
information explicitly, the first changelist on a branch is usually an
identical copy of the parent branch.
The method searchParent() tries to find a commit in the history of the
given "parent" branch whose tree exactly matches the initial changelist
of the new branch, "target". The code iterates through the parent
commits and compares each of them to this initial changelist using
diff-tree.
Since we already know the tree object name we are looking for, spawning
diff-tree for each commit is wasteful.
Use the "--format" option of "rev-list" to find out the tree object name
of each commit in the history, and find the tree whose name is exactly
the same as the tree of the target commit to optimize this.
This results in a considerable speed-up, at least on Windows. On one
Windows machine with a fairly large repository of about 16000 commits in
the parent branch, the current code takes over 7 minutes, while the new
code only takes just over 10 seconds for the same changelist:
Before:
$ time git p4 sync
Importing from/into multiple branches
Depot paths: //depot
Importing revision 31274 (100.0%)
Updated branches: b1
real 7m41.458s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m0.077s
After:
$ time git p4 sync
Importing from/into multiple branches
Depot paths: //depot
Importing revision 31274 (100.0%)
Updated branches: b1
real 0m10.235s
user 0m0.000s
sys 0m0.062s
Signed-off-by: Joachim Kuebart <joachim.kuebart@gmail.com>
Helped-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Helped-by: Luke Diamand <luke@diamand.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system
Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals.
Git is an Open Source project covered by the GNU General Public License version 2 (some parts of it are under different licenses, compatible with the GPLv2). It was originally written by Linus Torvalds with help of a group of hackers around the net.
Please read the file INSTALL for installation instructions.
Many Git online resources are accessible from https://git-scm.com/ including full documentation and Git related tools.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/giteveryday.txt for a useful minimum set of commands, and
Documentation/git-<commandname>.txt for documentation of each command.
If git has been correctly installed, then the tutorial can also be
read with man gittutorial or git help tutorial, and the
documentation of each command with man git-<commandname> or git help <commandname>.
CVS users may also want to read Documentation/gitcvs-migration.txt
(man gitcvs-migration or git help cvs-migration if git is
installed).
The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git mailing list -- everyone is welcome to post bug reports, feature requests, comments and patches to git@vger.kernel.org (read Documentation/SubmittingPatches for instructions on patch submission). To subscribe to the list, send an email with just "subscribe git" in the body to majordomo@vger.kernel.org. The mailing list archives are available at https://lore.kernel.org/git/, http://marc.info/?l=git and other archival sites.
Issues which are security relevant should be disclosed privately to the Git Security mailing list git-security@googlegroups.com.
The maintainer frequently sends the "What's cooking" reports that list the current status of various development topics to the mailing list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks.
The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" and the name as (depending on your mood):
- random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a mispronunciation of "get" may or may not be relevant.
- stupid. contemptible and despicable. simple. Take your pick from the dictionary of slang.
- "global information tracker": you're in a good mood, and it actually works for you. Angels sing, and a light suddenly fills the room.
- "goddamn idiotic truckload of sh*t": when it breaks