[PATCH v3 2/2] diff: don't read index when --no-index is given

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git diff --no-index ... currently reads the index, during setup, when
calling gitmodules_config().  This results in worse performance when the
index is not actually needed.  This patch avoids calling
gitmodules_config() when the --no-index option is given.  The times for
executing "git diff --no-index" in the WebKit repository are improved as
follows:

Test                      HEAD~3            HEAD
------------------------------------------------------------------
4001.1: diff --no-index   0.24(0.15+0.09)   0.01(0.00+0.00) -95.8%

An additional improvement of this patch is that "git diff --no-index" no
longer breaks when the index file is corrupt, which makes it possible to
use it for investigating the broken repository.

To improve the possible usage as investigation tool for broken
repositories, setup_git_directory_gently() is also not called when the
--no-index option is given.

Also add a test to guard against future breakages, and a performance
test to show the improvements.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 builtin/diff.c                |  7 +++++--
 t/perf/p4001-diff-no-index.sh | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh      | 15 +++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100755 t/perf/p4001-diff-no-index.sh

diff --git a/builtin/diff.c b/builtin/diff.c
index 7220b2c..9ce8bec 100644
--- a/builtin/diff.c
+++ b/builtin/diff.c
@@ -295,7 +295,9 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 			break;
 	}
 
-	prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+	if (!no_index)
+		prefix = setup_git_directory_gently(&nongit);
+
 	/*
 	 * Treat git diff with at least one path outside of the
 	 * repo the same as if the command would have been executed
@@ -305,7 +307,8 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	 */
 	nongit |= (argc == i + 2) && !(path_inside_repo(prefix, argv[i]) &&
 				       path_inside_repo(prefix, argv[i + 1]));
-	gitmodules_config();
+	if (!no_index && !nongit)
+		gitmodules_config();
 	git_config(git_diff_ui_config, NULL);
 
 	init_revisions(&rev, prefix);
diff --git a/t/perf/p4001-diff-no-index.sh b/t/perf/p4001-diff-no-index.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..81c7aa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/perf/p4001-diff-no-index.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description="Test diff --no-index performance"
+
+. ./perf-lib.sh
+
+test_perf_large_repo
+test_checkout_worktree
+
+file1=$(git ls-files | tail -n 2 | head -1)
+file2=$(git ls-files | tail -n 1 | head -1)
+
+test_perf "diff --no-index" "
+	git diff --no-index $file1 $file2 >/dev/null
+"
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh b/t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh
index 979e983..077c775 100755
--- a/t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh
+++ b/t/t4053-diff-no-index.sh
@@ -29,4 +29,19 @@ test_expect_success 'git diff --no-index relative path outside repo' '
 	)
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'git diff --no-index with broken index' '
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+		echo broken >.git/index &&
+		git diff --no-index a ../non/git/a
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'git diff outside repo with broken index' '
+	(
+		cd repo &&
+		git diff ../non/git/a ../non/git/b
+	)
+'
+
 test_done
-- 
1.8.5.4.g8639e57

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