Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- refs.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/refs.c b/refs.c index f503ec4..88ff153 100644 --- a/refs.c +++ b/refs.c @@ -528,6 +528,15 @@ static void sort_ref_dir(struct ref_dir *dir) /* Include broken references in a do_for_each_ref*() iteration: */ #define DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN 0x01 +/* + * current_ref is a performance hack: when iterating over references + * using the for_each_ref*() functions, current_ref is set to the + * current reference's entry before calling the callback function. If + * the callback function calls peel_ref(), then peel_ref() first + * checks whether the reference to be peeled is the current reference + * (it usually is) and if so, returns that reference's peeled version + * if it is available. This avoids a refname lookup in a common case. + */ static struct ref_entry *current_ref; /* -- 1.8.2.1 -- 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