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@@ -15,3 +15,9 @@ merged. This could be reduced to a single call to `git-cat-file --batch`,
There is already a Git.CatFile library that can do this easily. --[[Joey]]
> This is now done, part above remains todo. --[[Joey]]
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+Merging used to use memory proportional to the size of the diff. It now
+streams data, running in constant space. This probably sped it up a lot,
+as there's much less allocation and GC action. --[[Joey]]