Thomas Rast <trast@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Johannes Schindelin wrote: >> Or we could use an on-disk hashmap. Oh, wait... > > While reading this thread, I sure wondered ... why don't we use the > one on-disk fast access structure we already have: the index? Since when the index has become a on-disk fast access structure? > Sure, one problem is that the index reading code is inherently written > for a single index state. That's wrong, but because the index is not a on-disk fast access structure to begin with, the incorrect statement about it is excused ;-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html