-- Currently, parse_commit_gently() requires filling in the root tree
- object for a commit. This passes through lookup_tree() and consequently
- lookup_object(). Also, it calls lookup_commit() when loading the parents.
- These method calls check the ODB for object existence, even if the
- consumer does not need the content. For example, we do not need the
- tree contents when computing merge bases. Now that commit parsing is
- removed from the computation time, these lookup operations are the
- slowest operations keeping graph walks from being fast. Consider
- loading these objects without verifying their existence in the ODB and
- only loading them fully when consumers need them. Consider a method
- such as "ensure_tree_loaded(commit)" that fully loads a tree before
- using commit->tree.
-
-- The current design uses the 'commit-graph' subcommand to generate the graph.
- When this feature stabilizes enough to recommend to most users, we should
- add automatic graph writes to common operations that create many commits.
- For example, one could compute a graph on 'clone', 'fetch', or 'repack'
- commands.
-