"git reset [--mixed]" without --quiet refreshes the index in order to display the "Unstaged changes after reset". When --quiet is given, that output is suppressed, removing the need to refresh the index. Other porcelain commands that care about a refreshed index should already be refreshing it, so running e.g. "git reset -q && git diff" is still safe. This commit together with 686b2de (oneway_merge(): only lstat() when told to update worktree, 2012-12-20) removes all calls to lstat() the worktree from the command. This speeds up "git reset -q" a little on the linux-2.6 repo (best of five, warm cache): Before After real 0m0.215s 0m0.176s user 0m0.150s 0m0.130s sys 0m0.060s 0m0.040s And with cold cache (best of five): Before After real 0m11.351s 0m8.420s user 0m0.230s 0m0.220s sys 0m0.270s 0m0.060s --- There is a test case in t7102 called '--mixed refreshes the index', but it only checks that right output it printed. Is the test case not testing right or not named right? As you can see, I suspect it's the name/description that should change. builtin/reset.c | 12 +++--------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/builtin/reset.c b/builtin/reset.c index 9bcad29..a2e69eb 100644 --- a/builtin/reset.c +++ b/builtin/reset.c @@ -109,12 +109,6 @@ static void print_new_head_line(struct commit *commit) printf("\n"); } -static void update_index_refresh(int flags) -{ - refresh_index(&the_index, (flags), NULL, NULL, - _("Unstaged changes after reset:")); -} - static void update_index_from_diff(struct diff_queue_struct *q, struct diff_options *opt, void *data) { @@ -328,9 +322,9 @@ int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) die(_("Could not reset index file to revision '%s'."), rev); } - if (reset_type == MIXED) /* Report what has not been updated. */ - update_index_refresh( - quiet ? REFRESH_QUIET : REFRESH_IN_PORCELAIN); + if (reset_type == MIXED && !quiet) /* Report what has not been updated. */ + refresh_index(&the_index, REFRESH_IN_PORCELAIN, NULL, NULL, + _("Unstaged changes after reset:")); if (write_cache(newfd, active_cache, active_nr) || commit_locked_index(lock)) -- 1.8.1.rc3.331.g1ef2165 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html