Re: sync() slowdown

On Mon, 26 May 2008 16:26:07 +0200, Sebastien Gross wrote:

I do understand that syncing filesystem is usefull and needed.

But is there a good idea to add a --no-sync option to prevent that
behaviour ?

Just a user here, but I would prefer it if it didn't sync at all.  If I 
want to sync it, I will, or the operating system will handle it like it 
does with all other file accesses.  

Just my 2 cents. 

I was just editing my backup script the other day and part of the problem 
with it was that I was syncing too often.  What I needed was a single 
sync when everything was done.  

This was possible because I was just doing copies and tars.  It should be 
possible with git too.  

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