Have 'repo_read_index()' behave more like the other read_index family of functions and don't discard the index if it has already been populated and instead rely on the quick return of read_index_from which has: /* istate->initialized covers both .git/index and .git/sharedindex.xxx */ if (istate->initialized) return istate->cache_nr; Signed-off-by: Brandon Williams <bmwill@xxxxxxxxxx> --- repository.c | 2 -- repository.h | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/repository.c b/repository.c index edca90740..8e60af1d5 100644 --- a/repository.c +++ b/repository.c @@ -235,8 +235,6 @@ int repo_read_index(struct repository *repo) { if (!repo->index) repo->index = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*repo->index)); - else - discard_index(repo->index); return read_index_from(repo->index, repo->index_file); } diff --git a/repository.h b/repository.h index 417787f3e..7f5e24a0a 100644 --- a/repository.h +++ b/repository.h @@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ extern int repo_submodule_init(struct repository *submodule, const char *path); extern void repo_clear(struct repository *repo); +/* + * Populates the repository's index from its index_file, an index struct will + * be allocated if needed. + * + * Return the number of index entries in the populated index or a value less + * than zero if an error occured. If the repository's index has already been + * populated then the number of entries will simply be returned. + */ extern int repo_read_index(struct repository *repo); #endif /* REPOSITORY_H */ -- 2.14.0.rc1.383.gd1ce394fe2-goog