Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > It's indeed "git commit" that takes tons of memory, but for all the wrong > reasons. It does a "git diff-tree" to generate the diffstat, and *that* is > extremely expensive: > > git-diff-tree --shortstat --summary --root --no-commit-id HEAD -- > > I suspect we shouldn't bother with the diffstat for the initial commit. > Just removing "--root" migth be sufficient. Yes and no. It was added as a response to sugestions from people in "baby step tutorial" camp. An option to disable the last diff-tree step, just like git-pull has --no-summary option, would be perfectly fine, though. - 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