On 7/28/19 6:49 PM, brian m. carlson wrote:> On 2019-07-28 at 22:10:29,
Pratyush Yadav wrote:
>> The function is not documented, and I only started spelunking the code a
>> couple days back, so I'll try to answer with what I know. It might
not be
>> the full picture.
>>
>> Running git-gui --trace, these commands are executed during a rescan:
>>
>> /usr/lib/git-core/git-rev-parse --verify HEAD
>> /usr/lib/git-core/git-update-index -q --unmerged --ignore-missing
--refresh
>>
>
> Great. This sounds like a well-reasoned change. I'll let other folks who
> use git-gui more chime in to see what they think as well.
>
I'm assuming this does what is currently done by F5.
A simple rescan from git-gui in the git repository takes about 8 seconds
on my corporate laptop running Windows, making this happen on change of
window focus is definitely not a friendly change from my view point.
Mark
