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The is_descendant_of method previously used in_merge_bases() to check if the commit can reach any of the commits in the provided list. This had two performance problems: 1. The performance is quadratic in worst-case. 2. A single in_merge_bases() call requires walking beyond the target commit in order to find the full set of boundary commits that may be merge-bases. The can_all_from_reach method avoids this quadratic behavior and can limit the search beyond the target commits using generation numbers. It requires a small prototype adjustment to stop using commit-date as a cutoff, as that optimization is no longer appropriate here. Since in_merge_bases() uses paint_down_to_common(), is_descendant_of() naturally found cutoffs to avoid walking the entire commit graph. Since we want to always return the correct result, we cannot use the min_commit_date cutoff in can_all_from_reach. We then rely on generation numbers to provide the cutoff. Since not all repos will have a commit-graph file, nor will we always have generation numbers computed for a commit-graph file, create a new method, generation_numbers_enabled(), that checks for a commit-graph file and sees if the first commit in the file has a non-zero generation number. In the case that we do not have generation numbers, use the old logic for is_descendant_of(). Performance was meausured on a copy of the Linux repository using the 'test-tool reach is_descendant_of' command using this input: A:v4.9 X:v4.10 X:v4.11 X:v4.12 X:v4.13 X:v4.14 X:v4.15 X:v4.16 X:v4.17 X.v3.0 Note that this input is tailored to demonstrate the quadratic nature of the previous method, as it will compute merge-bases for v4.9 versus all of the later versions before checking against v4.1. Before: 0.26 s After: 0.21 s Since we previously used the is_descendant_of method in the ref_newer method, we also measured performance there using 'test-tool reach ref_newer' with this input: A:v4.9 B:v3.19 Before: 0.10 s After: 0.08 s By adding a new commit with parent v3.19, we test the non-reachable case of ref_newer: Before: 0.09 s After: 0.08 s Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@microsoft.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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- 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.
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