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    Add cache-tree. · 74986462
    Junio C Hamano authored
    
    
    The cache_tree data structure is to cache tree object names that
    would result from the current index file.
    
    The idea is to have an optional file to record each tree object
    name that corresponds to a directory path in the cache when we
    run write_cache(), and read it back when we run read_cache().
    During various index manupulations, we selectively invalidate
    the parts so that the next write-tree can bypass regenerating
    tree objects for unchanged parts of the directory hierarchy.
    
    We could perhaps make the cache-tree data an optional part of
    the index file, but that would involve the index format updates,
    so unless we need it for performance reasons, the current plan
    is to use a separate file, $GIT_DIR/index.aux to store this
    information and link it with the index file with the checksum
    that is already used for index file integrity check.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJunio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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