Re: [PATCH] Speed up history generation

--- Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:

Luben Tuikov [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

Speed up history generation as suggested by Linus.

@@ -2295,16 +2295,12 @@ sub git_history {
 	      "</div>\n";
 	print "<div class=\"page_path\"><b>/" . esc_html($file_name) . "</b><br/></div>\n";
 
-	open my $fd, "-|", "$gitbin/git-rev-list $hash | $gitbin/git-diff-tree -r --stdin --

\'$file_name\'";
-	my $commit;
+	open my $fd, "-|", "$gitbin/git-rev-list $hash -- \'$file_name\'";

This would speed things up but at the same time it changes the
semantics because it involves merge simplification, no?

At least that should be noted in the commit log.

Ok, I guess this should be in the log.  Can you add it please when
commiting to the master git branch?

   Luben