speed up refresh_index() by utilizing preload_index()

Speed up refresh_index() by utilizing preload_index() to do most of the work
spread across multiple threads.  This works because most cache entries will
get marked CE_UPTODATE so that refresh_cache_ent() can bail out early when
called from within refresh_index().

On a Windows repo with ~200K files, this drops refresh times from 6.64
seconds to 2.87 seconds for a savings of 57%.

Signed-off-by: Ben Peart <benpeart@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index f7fabdd..883099d 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -659,6 +659,9 @@ extern int daemonize(void);
 /* Initialize and use the cache information */
 struct lock_file;
 extern int read_index(struct index_state *);
+extern void preload_index(struct index_state *index,
+			  const struct pathspec *pathspec,
+			  unsigned int refresh_flags);
 extern int read_index_preload(struct index_state *,
 			      const struct pathspec *pathspec,
 			      unsigned int refresh_flags);