Hi Junio, On Thu, 1 Jun 2017, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> * dt/unpack-save-untracked-cache-extension (2017-05-20) 1 commit > (merged to 'next' on 2017-05-23 at 3196d093d6) > + unpack-trees: preserve index extensions > > When "git checkout", "git merge", etc. manipulates the in-core > index, various pieces of information in the index extensions are > discarded from the original state, as it is usually not the case > that they are kept up-to-date and in-sync with the operation on the > main index. The untracked cache extension is copied across these > operations now, which would speed up "git status" (as long as the > cache is properly invalidated). It was my understanding that Ben's analysis conclusively proved that the patch as well as the test are sound, and Dave agreed. What is holding this topic up? Anything Ben or I can do to move this closer to `next` or even `master`? Ciao, Dscho