speed up refresh_index() by utilizing preload_index()

diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index d57958233e82df6551fdc890f1238ae65beb8940..53733d651db59881c4378ee5787311eef1f6ff99 100644 (file)
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -1496,6 +1496,12 @@ int refresh_index(struct index_state *istate, unsigned int flags,
        typechange_fmt = (in_porcelain ? "T\t%s\n" : "%s needs update\n");
        added_fmt = (in_porcelain ? "A\t%s\n" : "%s needs update\n");
        unmerged_fmt = (in_porcelain ? "U\t%s\n" : "%s: needs merge\n");
+       /*
+        * Use the multi-threaded preload_index() to refresh most of the
+        * cache entries quickly then in the single threaded loop below,
+        * we only have to do the special cases that are left.
+        */
+       preload_index(istate, pathspec, 0);
        for (i = 0; i < istate->cache_nr; i++) {
                struct cache_entry *ce, *new_entry;
                int cache_errno = 0;