On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 2:56 PM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Junio, > > On Thu, 1 Jun 2017, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> * dt/unpack-save-untracked-cache-extension (2017-05-20) 1 commit >> (merged to 'next' on 2017-05-23 at 3196d093d6) >> + unpack-trees: preserve index extensions >> >> When "git checkout", "git merge", etc. manipulates the in-core >> index, various pieces of information in the index extensions are >> discarded from the original state, as it is usually not the case >> that they are kept up-to-date and in-sync with the operation on the >> main index. The untracked cache extension is copied across these >> operations now, which would speed up "git status" (as long as the >> cache is properly invalidated). > > It was my understanding that Ben's analysis conclusively proved that the > patch as well as the test are sound, and Dave agreed. > > What is holding this topic up? Anything Ben or I can do to move this > closer to `next` or even `master`? It's in `next` right now (3196d093d6). > Ciao, > Dscho