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| -rw-r--r-- | refs.c | 9 |
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@@ -529,6 +529,15 @@ static void sort_ref_dir(struct ref_dir *dir) /* Include broken references in a do_for_each_ref*() iteration: */ #define DO_FOR_EACH_INCLUDE_BROKEN 0x01 +/* + * current_ref is a performance hack: when iterating over references + * using the for_each_ref*() functions, current_ref is set to the + * current reference's entry before calling the callback function. If + * the callback function calls peel_ref(), then peel_ref() first + * checks whether the reference to be peeled is the current reference + * (it usually is) and if so, returns that reference's peeled version + * if it is available. This avoids a refname lookup in a common case. + */ static struct ref_entry *current_ref; /* |