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When you resolve a sha1, you can optionally keep any context found during the resolution, including the path and mode of a tree entry (e.g., when looking up "HEAD:subdir/file.c"). The add_object_array_with_context function lets you then attach that context to an entry in a list. Unfortunately, the interface for doing so is horrible. The object_context structure is large and most object_array users do not use it. Therefore we keep a pointer to the structure to avoid burdening other users too much. But that means when we do use it that we must allocate the struct ourselves. And the struct contains a fixed PATH_MAX-sized buffer, which makes this wholly unsuitable for any large arrays. We can observe that there is only a single user of the "with_context" variant: builtin/grep.c. And in that use case, the only element we care about is the path. We can therefore store only the path as a pointer (the context's mode field was redundant with the object_array_entry itself, and nobody actually cared about the surrounding tree). This still requires a strdup of the pathname, but at least we are only consuming the minimum amount of memory for each string. We can also handle the copying ourselves in add_object_array_*, and free it as appropriate in object_array_release_entry. Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Git - the stupid content tracker
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"git" can mean anything, 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
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.
See Documentation/gittutorial.txt to get started, then see
Documentation/everyday.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).
Many Git online resources are accessible from http://git-scm.com/
including full documentation and Git related tools.
The user discussion and development of Git take place on the Git
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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.