From: "Adam Johnson via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gummerer <t.gummerer@gmail.com>,
Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>,
Phillip Wood <phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk>,
Victoria Dye <vdye@github.com>, Adam Johnson <me@adamj.eu>,
Adam Johnson <me@adamj.eu>
Subject: [PATCH v2] stash: reuse cached index entries in --patch temporary index
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 23:12:25 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <pull.2306.v2.git.git.1779491545531.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.2306.git.git.1779194605735.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Adam Johnson <me@adamj.eu>
`git stash -p` prepares the interactive selection by creating a
temporary index at HEAD, switching `GIT_INDEX_FILE` to it, and then
running the `add -p` machinery.
That temporary index was created by running `git read-tree HEAD`. The
resulting index had no useful cached stat data or fsmonitor-valid bits
from the real index. When `run_add_p()` refreshed that temporary index
before showing the first prompt, it could end up lstat(2)-ing every
tracked file, even in a repository where `git diff` and `git restore -p`
can use fsmonitor to avoid that work.
Create the temporary index in-process instead. Use `unpack_trees()` to
reset the real index contents to HEAD while writing the result to the
temporary index path. For paths whose index entries already match HEAD,
`oneway_merge()` reuses the existing cache entries, preserving their
cached stat data and `CE_FSMONITOR_VALID` state.
This makes the refresh performed by `run_add_p()` behave like the one
used by `git restore -p`: unchanged paths can be skipped via fsmonitor
instead of being scanned again.
In a 206k file repository with `core.fsmonitor` enabled and a one-line
change in one file, time to first prompt dropped from 34.774 seconds to
0.659 seconds. The new perf test file demonstrates similar improvements,
with maen times for without- and with-fsmonitor cases dropping from 6.90
and 6.83 seconds to 0.55 and 0.28 seconds, respectively.
Signed-off-by: Adam Johnson <me@adamj.eu>
---
stash: reuse cached index entries in --patch temporary index
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2306%2Fadamchainz%2Faj%2Foptimize-stash-patch-v2
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2306/adamchainz/aj/optimize-stash-patch-v2
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2306
Range-diff vs v1:
1: b228160cc4 ! 1: 8785572c4d stash: reuse cached index entries in --patch temporary index
@@ Commit message
In a 206k file repository with `core.fsmonitor` enabled and a one-line
change in one file, time to first prompt dropped from 34.774 seconds to
- 0.659 seconds.
+ 0.659 seconds. The new perf test file demonstrates similar improvements,
+ with maen times for without- and with-fsmonitor cases dropping from 6.90
+ and 6.83 seconds to 0.55 and 0.28 seconds, respectively.
Signed-off-by: Adam Johnson <me@adamj.eu>
@@ builtin/stash.c: static int reset_tree(struct object_id *i_tree, int update, int
+ struct lock_file lock_file = LOCK_INIT;
+
+ repo_read_index_preload(the_repository, NULL, 0);
-+ if (refresh_index(the_repository->index, REFRESH_QUIET, NULL, NULL, NULL))
-+ return -1;
++ refresh_index(the_repository->index, REFRESH_QUIET, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+ hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock_file, index_path, LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
+
@@ builtin/stash.c: static int stash_patch(struct stash_info *info, const struct pa
goto done;
}
- ## t/t3904-stash-patch.sh ##
-@@ t/t3904-stash-patch.sh: test_expect_success 'none of this moved HEAD' '
- verify_saved_head
- '
-
-+test_expect_success 'stash -p with unmodified tracked files present' '
-+ git reset --hard &&
-+ echo line1 >alpha &&
-+ echo line1 >beta &&
-+ git add alpha beta &&
-+ git commit -m "add alpha and beta" &&
-+ echo line2 >>alpha &&
-+ echo y | git stash -p &&
-+ echo line1 >expect &&
-+ test_cmp expect alpha &&
-+ test_cmp expect beta &&
-+ git stash pop &&
-+ printf "line1\nline2\n" >expect &&
-+ test_cmp expect alpha &&
-+ echo line1 >expect &&
-+ test_cmp expect beta
+ ## t/perf/p3904-stash-patch.sh (new) ##
+@@
++#!/bin/sh
++
++test_description="Performance tests for git stash -p"
++
++. ./perf-lib.sh
++
++test_perf_fresh_repo
++
++test_expect_success "setup" '
++ mkdir files &&
++ test_seq 1 100000 | while read i; do
++ echo "content $i" >files/$i.txt || return 1
++ done &&
++ git add files/ &&
++ git commit -q -m "add tracked files" &&
++ echo modified >files/1.txt
+'
+
- test_expect_success 'stash -p with split hunk' '
- git reset --hard &&
- cat >test <<-\EOF &&
++test_perf "stash -p, no fsmonitor" \
++ --setup 'echo modified >files/1.txt' '
++ printf "q\n" | git stash -p >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
++'
++
++if test_have_prereq FSMONITOR_DAEMON
++then
++ test_expect_success "enable builtin fsmonitor" '
++ git config core.fsmonitor true &&
++ git fsmonitor--daemon start &&
++ git update-index --fsmonitor &&
++ git status >/dev/null 2>&1
++ '
++
++ test_perf "stash -p, builtin fsmonitor" \
++ --setup 'echo modified >files/1.txt && git status >/dev/null 2>&1' '
++ printf "q\n" | git stash -p >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
++ '
++
++ test_expect_success "stop builtin fsmonitor" '
++ git fsmonitor--daemon stop
++ '
++fi
++
++test_done
builtin/stash.c | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
t/perf/p3904-stash-patch.sh | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
create mode 100755 t/perf/p3904-stash-patch.sh
diff --git a/builtin/stash.c b/builtin/stash.c
index 32dbc97b47..c4809f299a 100644
--- a/builtin/stash.c
+++ b/builtin/stash.c
@@ -372,6 +372,56 @@ static int reset_tree(struct object_id *i_tree, int update, int reset)
return 0;
}
+static int create_index_from_tree(const struct object_id *tree_id,
+ const char *index_path)
+{
+ int nr_trees = 1;
+ int ret = 0;
+ struct unpack_trees_options opts;
+ struct tree_desc t[MAX_UNPACK_TREES];
+ struct tree *tree;
+ struct index_state dst_istate = INDEX_STATE_INIT(the_repository);
+ struct lock_file lock_file = LOCK_INIT;
+
+ repo_read_index_preload(the_repository, NULL, 0);
+ refresh_index(the_repository->index, REFRESH_QUIET, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+
+ hold_lock_file_for_update(&lock_file, index_path, LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
+
+ memset(&opts, 0, sizeof(opts));
+
+ tree = repo_parse_tree_indirect(the_repository, tree_id);
+ if (!tree || repo_parse_tree(the_repository, tree)) {
+ ret = -1;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ init_tree_desc(t, &tree->object.oid, tree->buffer, tree->size);
+
+ opts.head_idx = 1;
+ opts.src_index = the_repository->index;
+ opts.dst_index = &dst_istate;
+ opts.merge = 1;
+ opts.reset = UNPACK_RESET_PROTECT_UNTRACKED;
+ opts.fn = oneway_merge;
+
+ if (unpack_trees(nr_trees, t, &opts)) {
+ ret = -1;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ if (write_locked_index(&dst_istate, &lock_file, COMMIT_LOCK)) {
+ ret = error(_("unable to write new index file"));
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+done:
+ release_index(&dst_istate);
+ if (ret)
+ rollback_lock_file(&lock_file);
+ return ret;
+}
+
static int diff_tree_binary(struct strbuf *out, struct object_id *w_commit)
{
struct child_process cp = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
@@ -1321,18 +1371,26 @@ static int stash_patch(struct stash_info *info, const struct pathspec *ps,
struct interactive_options *interactive_opts)
{
int ret = 0;
- struct child_process cp_read_tree = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
struct child_process cp_diff_tree = CHILD_PROCESS_INIT;
+ struct commit *head_commit;
+ const struct object_id *head_tree;
struct index_state istate = INDEX_STATE_INIT(the_repository);
char *old_index_env = NULL, *old_repo_index_file;
remove_path(stash_index_path.buf);
- cp_read_tree.git_cmd = 1;
- strvec_pushl(&cp_read_tree.args, "read-tree", "HEAD", NULL);
- strvec_pushf(&cp_read_tree.env, "GIT_INDEX_FILE=%s",
- stash_index_path.buf);
- if (run_command(&cp_read_tree)) {
+ head_commit = lookup_commit(the_repository, &info->b_commit);
+ if (!head_commit || repo_parse_commit(the_repository, head_commit)) {
+ ret = -1;
+ goto done;
+ }
+ head_tree = get_commit_tree_oid(head_commit);
+ if (!head_tree) {
+ ret = -1;
+ goto done;
+ }
+
+ if (create_index_from_tree(head_tree, stash_index_path.buf)) {
ret = -1;
goto done;
}
diff --git a/t/perf/p3904-stash-patch.sh b/t/perf/p3904-stash-patch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4cfce638be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/perf/p3904-stash-patch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description="Performance tests for git stash -p"
+
+. ./perf-lib.sh
+
+test_perf_fresh_repo
+
+test_expect_success "setup" '
+ mkdir files &&
+ test_seq 1 100000 | while read i; do
+ echo "content $i" >files/$i.txt || return 1
+ done &&
+ git add files/ &&
+ git commit -q -m "add tracked files" &&
+ echo modified >files/1.txt
+'
+
+test_perf "stash -p, no fsmonitor" \
+ --setup 'echo modified >files/1.txt' '
+ printf "q\n" | git stash -p >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+'
+
+if test_have_prereq FSMONITOR_DAEMON
+then
+ test_expect_success "enable builtin fsmonitor" '
+ git config core.fsmonitor true &&
+ git fsmonitor--daemon start &&
+ git update-index --fsmonitor &&
+ git status >/dev/null 2>&1
+ '
+
+ test_perf "stash -p, builtin fsmonitor" \
+ --setup 'echo modified >files/1.txt && git status >/dev/null 2>&1' '
+ printf "q\n" | git stash -p >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+ '
+
+ test_expect_success "stop builtin fsmonitor" '
+ git fsmonitor--daemon stop
+ '
+fi
+
+test_done
base-commit: 7bcaabddcf68bd0702697da5904c3b68c52f94cf
--
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-19 12:43 [PATCH] stash: reuse cached index entries in --patch temporary index Adam Johnson via GitGitGadget
2026-05-20 2:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-05-22 20:53 ` Adam Johnson
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