From: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> The previous change reduced time spent in strlen() while comparing consecutive paths in verify_cache(), but we can do better. The conditional checks the existence of a directory separator at the correct location, but only after doing a string comparison. Swap the order to be logically equivalent but perform fewer string comparisons. To test the effect on performance, I used a repository with over three million paths in the index. I then ran the following command on repeat: git -c index.threads=1 commit --amend --allow-empty --no-edit Here are the measurements over 10 runs after a 5-run warmup: Benchmark #1: v2.30.0 Time (mean ± σ): 854.5 ms ± 18.2 ms Range (min … max): 825.0 ms … 892.8 ms Benchmark #2: Previous change Time (mean ± σ): 833.2 ms ± 10.3 ms Range (min … max): 815.8 ms … 849.7 ms Benchmark #3: This change Time (mean ± σ): 815.5 ms ± 18.1 ms Range (min … max): 795.4 ms … 849.5 ms This change is 2% faster than the previous change and 5% faster than v2.30.0. Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee <dstolee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- cache-tree.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/cache-tree.c b/cache-tree.c index 4274de75bac..3f1a8d4f1b7 100644 --- a/cache-tree.c +++ b/cache-tree.c @@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ static int verify_cache(struct cache_entry **cache, const char *next_name = next_ce->name; int this_len = ce_namelen(this_ce); if (this_len < ce_namelen(next_ce) && - strncmp(this_name, next_name, this_len) == 0 && - next_name[this_len] == '/') { + next_name[this_len] == '/' && + strncmp(this_name, next_name, this_len) == 0) { if (10 < ++funny) { fprintf(stderr, "...\n"); break; -- gitgitgadget