David Turner <dtur...@twopensource.com> writes:

> When we unpack trees into an existing index, we discard the old index
> and replace it with the new, merged index.  Ensure that this index has
> its cache-tree populated.  This will make subsequent git status and
> commit commands faster.

Wouldn't it make repeated calls to "git merge" and friends to build
a long history slower, when the user does not run "git status" in
between?  E.g. "git cherry-pick -4 $other_topic", where you would
not even have a chance to run "git status" in the middle.  What do
the pros-and-cons look like?
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