[PATCH] Find size of SHA1 object without inflating everything.

This adds sha1_file_size() helper function and uses it in the
rename/copy similarity estimator.  The helper function handles
deltified object as well.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index 7cf40daee5..5513632b9f 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -333,7 +333,6 @@ int diff_populate_filespec(struct diff_filespec *s, int size_only)
 		close(fd);
 	}
 	else {
-		/* We cannot do size only for SHA1 blobs */
 		char type[20];
 		struct sha1_size_cache *e;
 
@@ -343,11 +342,13 @@ int diff_populate_filespec(struct diff_filespec *s, int size_only)
 				s->size = e->size;
 				return 0;
 			}
+			if (!sha1_file_size(s->sha1, &s->size))
+				locate_size_cache(s->sha1, s->size);
+		}
+		else {
+			s->data = read_sha1_file(s->sha1, type, &s->size);
+			s->should_free = 1;
 		}
-		s->data = read_sha1_file(s->sha1, type, &s->size);
-		s->should_free = 1;
-		if (s->data && size_only)
-			locate_size_cache(s->sha1, s->size);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }