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diff --git a/doc/todo/Long_Running_Filter_Process.mdwn b/doc/todo/Long_Running_Filter_Process.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..329abaf45 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/Long_Running_Filter_Process.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +Hello, + +while reading the release notes of git 2.11 I noticed a cool new feature has been merged: + +> If the filter command (a string value) is defined via +> `filter.<driver>.process` then Git can process all blobs with a +> single filter invocation for the entire life of a single Git +> command. + +see the [git documentation][1]. + +This has been developed in the context of git-lfs (see [PR 1382] [2]). + +If I understand correctly how it works this could speed up v6 repos. Looking at the history/website +of git-annex there doesn't seem to be yet any work on this so I though it was worth calling the +attention on the feature. + +Thanks a lot for all the work on git-annex, it's a really amazing project! The more I study it the more cool features I discover :) + + +[1]: https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.11.0/Documentation/gitattributes.txt#L384 +[2]: https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/pull/1382 |