On 29/10/15 15:51, Stefan Beller wrote: > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 6:19 AM, Ramsay Jones > <ramsay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hmm, is there a way to _not_ fetch in parallel (override the >> config) from the command line for a given command? >> >> ATB, >> Ramsay Jones > > git config submodule.jobs 42 > git <foo> --jobs 1 # should run just one task, despite having 42 configured Heh, yes ... I didn't pose the question quite right ... > > It does use the parallel processing machinery though, but with a maximum of > one subcommand being spawned. Is that what you're asking? ... but, despite that, you correctly inferred what I was really asking about! :) I was just wondering what overhead the parallel processing machinery adds to the original 'non-parallel' code path (for the j=1 case). I suspect the answer is 'not much', but that's just a guess. Have you measured it? What happens if there is only a single submodule to fetch? ATB, Ramsay Jones -- 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