Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de> writes:
> Hi Olga,
>
> On Fri, 13 Jul 2018, Оля Тележная wrote:
>
>> 2018-07-09 11:27 GMT+03:00 Оля Тележная <olyatelezhn...@gmail.com>:
>> > Hello everyone,
>> > This is my new attempt to start using oid_object_info_extended() in
>> > ref-filter. You could look at previous one [1] [2] but it is not
>> > necessary.
>> >
>> > The goal (still) is to improve performance by avoiding calling expensive
>> > functions when we don't need the information they provide
>> > or when we could get it by using a cheaper function.
>> >
>> > This patch is a middle step. In the end, I want to add new atoms
>> > ("objectsize:disk" and "deltabase") and reuse ref-filter logic in
>> > cat-file command.
>> >
>> > I also know about problems with memory leaks in ref-filter: that would
>> > be my next task that I will work on. Since I did not generate any new
>> > leaks in this patch (just use existing ones), I decided to put this
>> > part on a review and fix leaks as a separate task.
>>
>> UPDATES since v1:
>> add init to eaten variable (thanks to Szeder Gabor, Johannes Schindelin)
>> improve second commit message (thanks to Junio C Hamano)
>> add static keyword (thanks to Ramsay Jones)
>>
>> >
>> > Thank you!
>> >
>> > [1] https://github.com/git/git/pull/493
>
> Could you please populate the description of that PR so that SubmitGit
> picks it up as cover letter?
Thanks for suggesting that. Yes, an updated version of a series,
even if it is a small one with just 4 or 5 patches, becomes much
easier to read with a well-written cover letter.
