fast-import: do less work when given "from" matches current branch head

When building a fast-import stream, it's easy to forget the fact
that for non-merge commits happening on top of the current branch
head, there is no need for a "from" command. That is corroborated by
the fact that at least git-p4, hg-fast-export and felipec's
git-remote-hg all unconditionally use a "from" command.

Unfortunately, giving a "from" command always resets the branch
tree, forcing it to be re-read, and in many cases, the pack is also
closed and reopened through gfi_unpack_entry.  Both are unnecessary
overhead, and the latter is particularly slow at least on OSX.

Avoid resetting the tree when it's unmodified, and avoid calling
gfi_unpack_entry when the given mark points to the same commit as
the current branch head.

Signed-off-by: Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/fast-import.c b/fast-import.c
index 6378726..ece0096 100644
--- a/fast-import.c
+++ b/fast-import.c
@@ -2588,14 +2588,12 @@ static int parse_from(struct branch *b)
 {
 	const char *from;
 	struct branch *s;
+	unsigned char sha1[20];
 
 	if (!skip_prefix(command_buf.buf, "from ", &from))
 		return 0;
 
-	if (b->branch_tree.tree) {
-		release_tree_content_recursive(b->branch_tree.tree);
-		b->branch_tree.tree = NULL;
-	}
+	hashcpy(sha1, b->branch_tree.versions[1].sha1);
 
 	s = lookup_branch(from);
 	if (b == s)
@@ -2610,14 +2608,16 @@ static int parse_from(struct branch *b)
 		struct object_entry *oe = find_mark(idnum);
 		if (oe->type != OBJ_COMMIT)
 			die("Mark :%" PRIuMAX " not a commit", idnum);
-		hashcpy(b->sha1, oe->idx.sha1);
-		if (oe->pack_id != MAX_PACK_ID) {
-			unsigned long size;
-			char *buf = gfi_unpack_entry(oe, &size);
-			parse_from_commit(b, buf, size);
-			free(buf);
-		} else
-			parse_from_existing(b);
+		if (hashcmp(b->sha1, oe->idx.sha1)) {
+			hashcpy(b->sha1, oe->idx.sha1);
+			if (oe->pack_id != MAX_PACK_ID) {
+				unsigned long size;
+				char *buf = gfi_unpack_entry(oe, &size);
+				parse_from_commit(b, buf, size);
+				free(buf);
+			} else
+				parse_from_existing(b);
+		}
 	} else if (!get_sha1(from, b->sha1)) {
 		parse_from_existing(b);
 		if (is_null_sha1(b->sha1))
@@ -2626,6 +2626,11 @@ static int parse_from(struct branch *b)
 	else
 		die("Invalid ref name or SHA1 expression: %s", from);
 
+	if (b->branch_tree.tree && hashcmp(sha1, b->branch_tree.versions[1].sha1)) {
+		release_tree_content_recursive(b->branch_tree.tree);
+		b->branch_tree.tree = NULL;
+	}
+
 	read_next_command();
 	return 1;
 }