[darcs-devel] [issue426] darcs should index its metadata

[James Sadler]

New submission from James Sadler <james at jamesdsadler.com>:

Darcs should index and/or cache its metadata so that commands such as 'darcs
changes [file]' and 'darcs annotate [file]' are fast.  These commands should run
near-instantaneously.

I have a large darcs repo (> 500 MB including a few binaries), and running
either of the commands means darcs uses 100% of the CPU and takes anywhere
between 5 and 10 minutes. It also happens to consume the better part of 2gig of RAM.

It should be noted that darcs-server and darcsweb are both essentially built on
top of those commands and would therefore benefit from having them sped up.

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messages: 1557
nosy: EricKow, beschmi, droundy, jamesdsadler, tommy
priority: urgent
status: unread
title: darcs should index its metadata

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