From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: Tamir Duberstein <tamird@gmail.com>,
Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>,
git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] t4205: compare huge output without diff
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:41:56 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq7bk9ygqz.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260925001332.GA1408107@coredump.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:13:32 -0400")
Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> # first check quickly if there is any difference
> cmp "$@" && return 0
> # if not, then we can spend time to produce a useful output
> diff "$@"
>
> But I never pursued it because I figured most of the things we compare
> are not big enough to matter (and really the comparison itself is
> dwarfed by the process startup time).
Yup, that matches my intuition.
> So I am happy just marking this particular case as cmp_bin, too.
Me too.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-25 6:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-23 17:13 [PATCH 0/2] ci: reduce pressure from large test fixtures Tamir Duberstein
2026-09-23 17:13 ` [PATCH 1/2] t4205: compare huge output without diff Tamir Duberstein
2026-09-24 6:13 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-09-24 20:41 ` Tamir Duberstein
2026-09-25 0:13 ` Jeff King
2026-09-25 6:41 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-09-28 6:36 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-09-23 17:13 ` [PATCH 2/2] ci: match Linux jobs to available CPUs Tamir Duberstein
2026-09-24 6:13 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-09-25 15:03 ` Tamir Duberstein
2026-09-23 18:36 ` [PATCH 0/2] ci: reduce pressure from large test fixtures Tamir Duberstein
2026-09-25 16:35 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] ci: use cmp and align job-count selection Tamir Duberstein
2026-09-25 16:35 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] t4205: compare huge output without diff Tamir Duberstein
2026-09-28 6:36 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-09-25 16:35 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] ci: align job counts across CI providers Tamir Duberstein
2026-09-28 6:36 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-09-28 10:16 ` Tamir Duberstein
2026-09-28 11:14 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-09-30 14:20 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] ci: use cmp and align job-count selection Tamir Duberstein
2026-09-30 14:20 ` [PATCH v3 1/2] t4205: compare huge output without diff Tamir Duberstein
2026-09-30 14:20 ` [PATCH v3 2/2] ci: use twice the CPU count on both providers Tamir Duberstein
2026-09-30 14:45 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-09-30 14:45 ` [PATCH v3 0/2] ci: use cmp and align job-count selection Patrick Steinhardt
2026-09-30 14:58 ` Tamir Duberstein
2026-09-30 18:04 ` Junio C Hamano
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