Re: [PATCH] revision: avoid work after --max-count is reached

@@ -2359,32 +2359,31 @@ static struct commit *get_revision_internal(struct rev_info *revs)
 			c->object.flags |= SHOWN;
 		return c;
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Now pick up what they want to give us
+	 * If our max_count counter has reached zero, then we are done. We
+	 * don't simply return NULL because we still might need to show
+	 * boundary commits. But we want to avoid calling get_revision_1, which
+	 * might do a considerable amount of work finding the next commit only
+	 * for us to throw it away.
+	 *
+	 * If it is non-zero, then either we don't have a max_count at all
+	 * (-1), or it is still counting, in which case we decrement.
 	 */
+	if (revs->max_count) {
 		c = get_revision_1(revs);
 		if (c) {
 			while (0 < revs->skip_count) {
 				revs->skip_count--;
 				c = get_revision_1(revs);
 				if (!c)
 					break;
 			}
 		}
 
-	/*
-	 * Check the max_count.
-	 */
-	switch (revs->max_count) {
-	case -1:
-		break;
-	case 0:
-		c = NULL;
-		break;
-	default:
+		if (revs->max_count > 0)
 			revs->max_count--;
 	}
 
 	if (c)
 		c->object.flags |= SHOWN;