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@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ a standard UNIX-like filesystem with ## Performance Furgit is aggressively optimized for performance. + [As of November 2025](https://git.sr.ht/~runxiyu/gitbench), for the task of `git ls-tree --long HEAD` on large repos such as [Linux](https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git), @@ -50,6 +51,15 @@ it is: * approximately 10 times faster than [libgit2](https://libgit2.org), and * approximately 1000 times faster than [go-git](https://github.com/go-git/go-git). +This primarily measures the performance of the packfile parser, which heavily +affects the performance of most operations on large repos; however, there is no +guarantee that this generalizes to *all* Git operations, individual profiling +on specific workloads may be necessary. + +In the future we intend to support +[commit-graph](https://git-scm.com/docs/commit-graph) and research +optimizations thereof. + ## Hash algorithm Furgit uses SHA-256 by default. To switch to SHA-1, use the `sha1` build tag. @@ -57,20 +67,20 @@ Furgit uses SHA-256 by default. To switch to SHA-1, use the `sha1` build tag. There will be future research to investigate potentially supporting both algorithms in one build of the library (likely heavily using generics). -## Development +## Repos and community resources * [Main SourceHut repository](https://git.sr.ht/~runxiyu/furgit) and [public inbox](https://lists.sr.ht/~runxiyu/public-inbox) for [patches](https://git-send-email.io/) and discussions * [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/runxiyu/furgit) - (issues and pulls are welcome here too) * [tangled](https://tangled.org/@runxiyu.tngl.sh/furgit) - (issues and pulls are welcome here too) * [GitHub](https://github.com/runxiyu/furgit) - (issues and PRs are welcome here too) * `#chat` on [irc.runxiyu.org](https://irc.runxiyu.org) ([web chat](https://webirc.runxiyu.org/kiwiirc/#chat)) +The maintainer is working through college applications and IBDP coursework and +may not necessarily respond in time. + ## Etymology I was thinking of names and I accidentally typed "git" as "fur" (i.e., left |