check_updates(): effective removal of cache entries marked CE_REMOVE

diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 940ec76fdf231ac1345079ca2dc5da88925bcfb6..59a274b464754bc5e79949cf294111ccc6bc0e8b 100644 (file)
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -443,6 +443,26 @@ int remove_index_entry_at(struct index_state *istate, int pos)
        return 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Remove all cache ententries marked for removal, that is where
+ * CE_REMOVE is set in ce_flags.  This is much more effective than
+ * calling remove_index_entry_at() for each entry to be removed.
+ */
+void remove_marked_cache_entries(struct index_state *istate)
+{
+       struct cache_entry **ce_array = istate->cache;
+       unsigned int i, j;
+
+       for (i = j = 0; i < istate->cache_nr; i++) {
+               if (ce_array[i]->ce_flags & CE_REMOVE)
+                       remove_name_hash(ce_array[i]);
+               else
+                       ce_array[j++] = ce_array[i];
+       }
+       istate->cache_changed = 1;
+       istate->cache_nr = j;
+}
+
 int remove_file_from_index(struct index_state *istate, const char *path)
 {
        int pos = index_name_pos(istate, path, strlen(path));