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fast-import: treat SIGUSR1 as a request to access objects early
authorJonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:16:02 +0000 (02:16 -0600)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:01:24 +0000 (15:01 -0800)
commitdc01f59d21fca9ade97f1433ca4cee17b5ce59a7
treed49d342675bc3ffcfccee23cbdba01e78695377f
parent03276d94bcdb7d463a029936933898948c0669ac
fast-import: treat SIGUSR1 as a request to access objects early

It can be tedious to wait for a multi-million-revision import.
Unfortunately it is hard to spy on the import because fast-import
works by continuously streaming out objects, without updating the pack
index or refs until a checkpoint command or the end of the stream.

So allow the impatient operator to request checkpoints by sending a
signal, like so:

killall -USR1 git-fast-import

When receiving such a signal, fast-import would schedule a checkpoint
to take place after the current top-level command (usually a "commit"
or "blob" request) finishes.

Caveats: just like ordinary checkpoint commands, such requests slow
down the import.  Switching to a new pack at a suboptimal moment is
also likely to result in a less dense initial collection of packs.
That's the price.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Documentation/git-fast-import.txt
fast-import.c