This is v3 of a patch series that changes the reading and caching of the `packed-refs` file to use `mmap()`. Thanks to Stefan, Peff, Dscho, and Junio for their comments about v2. I think I have addressed all of the feedback from v1 [1] and v2 [2]. This version has only minor changes relative to v2: * Fixed a trivial error in the commit message for patch 08. * In patch 13: * In the commit message, explain the appearance of `MMAP_TEMPORARY` even though it is not yet treated differently than `MMAP_NONE`. * In `Makefile`, don't make `USE_WIN32_MMAP` imply `MMAP_PREVENTS_DELETE`. * Correct the type of a local variable from `size_t` to `ssize_t`. This patch series is also available from my GitHub repo [3] as branch `mmap-packed-refs`. [1] http://public-inbox.org/git/cover.1505319366.git.mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx/ [2] https://public-inbox.org/git/cover.1505799700.git.mhagger@xxxxxxxxxxxx/ [3] https://github.com/mhagger/git/ Jeff King (1): prefix_ref_iterator: break when we leave the prefix Michael Haggerty (20): ref_iterator: keep track of whether the iterator output is ordered packed_ref_cache: add a backlink to the associated `packed_ref_store` die_unterminated_line(), die_invalid_line(): new functions read_packed_refs(): use mmap to read the `packed-refs` file read_packed_refs(): only check for a header at the top of the file read_packed_refs(): make parsing of the header line more robust read_packed_refs(): read references with minimal copying packed_ref_cache: remember the file-wide peeling state mmapped_ref_iterator: add iterator over a packed-refs file mmapped_ref_iterator_advance(): no peeled value for broken refs packed-backend.c: reorder some definitions packed_ref_cache: keep the `packed-refs` file mmapped if possible read_packed_refs(): ensure that references are ordered when read packed_ref_iterator_begin(): iterate using `mmapped_ref_iterator` packed_read_raw_ref(): read the reference from the mmapped buffer ref_store: implement `refs_peel_ref()` generically packed_ref_store: get rid of the `ref_cache` entirely ref_cache: remove support for storing peeled values mmapped_ref_iterator: inline into `packed_ref_iterator` packed-backend.c: rename a bunch of things and update comments Makefile | 6 + config.mak.uname | 3 + refs.c | 22 +- refs/files-backend.c | 54 +-- refs/iterator.c | 47 ++- refs/packed-backend.c | 979 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------ refs/ref-cache.c | 44 +-- refs/ref-cache.h | 35 +- refs/refs-internal.h | 26 +- 9 files changed, 847 insertions(+), 369 deletions(-) -- 2.14.1