From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: vc-*-root finctions Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:50:59 -0800 Message-ID: <200802211951.m1LJp00n016583@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> References: <87skzn3mq9.fsf@ambire.localdomain> <87mypvxzd2.fsf@ambire.localdomain> <200802201850.m1KIofIk000198@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <87tzk2xr2q.fsf@ambire.localdomain> <200802211835.m1LIZcZ5005055@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1203623565 20969 80.91.229.12 (21 Feb 2008 19:52:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:52:45 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Thien-Thi Nguyen , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 21 20:53:08 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JSHTV-0001iw-J5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:52:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JSHT0-0002fu-CQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:52:26 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JSHSu-0002eh-SZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:52:21 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JSHSu-0002eA-65 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:52:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JSHSu-0002e7-1U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:52:20 -0500 Original-Received: from sallyv1.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.109]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JSHSt-0003pI-IT for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:52:19 -0500 X-ICS-MailScanner-Watermark: 1204228260.18493@FiIBaOtNH2MTZHLtoInz0Q Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by sallyv1.ics.uci.edu (8.13.7+Sun/8.13.7) with ESMTP id m1LJp00n016583; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:51:00 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:33:57 -0500") Original-Lines: 16 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-1.44, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:89855 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: > > Which would be wrong. git might be fast, but it takes a long time if it > > has to read the inodes from disk or NFS on a big tree (which happens > > every morning or after a big compilation job). > > BTW, now that I think a bit more about it: the `dir-status' function can > almost always be synchronous (and never contact a remote repository). > In PCL-CVS that function is called `cvs-quickdir', which I consider to > be the main entry point. I am not sure I understand what you are saying... Never contacting the remote repository does not mean that it won't block for a long time, on big trees it happens even with the current crop of fast VCSes.