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List:       git
Subject:    Re: git-gui is slow to display a large number of changed/new files
From:       Alex Riesen <raa.lkml () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-06-30 14:47:27
Message-ID: 81b0412b0906300747id528b76ue48d0bf1ba3709fe () mail ! gmail ! com
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2009/6/29 Dan Zwell <dzwell@zwell.net>:
> Is this behavior worth changing? I doubt the scenario I encountered is a
> common one.

It happens. There are imported repositories, and things like CVS/SVN/Perforce
force people to do giant commits. So yes, it definitely is worth looking into.

> ... However, I have written a patch to display at most 5000
> changed/new files, warning the user that the list has been truncated. If
> this is a worthy change, I can submit the patch--I can also change it so
> that the maximum number of displayed files is taken from git's
> configuration.

Even 5000 is insane, so that would be a good start, for sure.

Paul Mackerras is gitk's maintainer, remember to put him on Cc:
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