I've written a brief post in my blog:
http://gimenetegsoc.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/cache-implementation-reloaded-ii/
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Alberto Gimeno <gimenete_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 2:11 AM, Mark Phippard <markphip_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Alberto Gimeno <gimenete_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I have changed the cache implementation to use files instead of the
>>> embedded database. Now it takes about 3 seconds to build the graph in
>>> a repository with 4k revisions (subclipse repository). The later
>>> implementation took about 8 seconds. And I think I can make some other
>>> minor improvements.
>>>
>>> Additionaly this implementation doesn't require any initialization.
>>> The embedded database needed 10 seconds just to get a connection.
>>>
>>> With this implementation I've been able to build a graph of a
>>> repository with 30k revisions (collab.net) without OutOfMemory errors.
>>> This is how it looks zoomed out:
>>> http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3099/2733530400_4e4b7defc0.jpg
>>>
>>> I've committed the changes and I'm going to explain them in a post in my blog.
>>
>> Overall seems pretty good. The size of the "database" was cut in half
>> too. Are you using the new callback-based log retrieval now?
>
> Yes, I'm using it.
>
>>
>> What is your plan/roadmap from here? It seems like the overall
>> presentation could still use some work. I do not find the output (the
>> graph itself) terribly enlightening in most cases. There is just too
>> much information. In general, I do not find the TortoiseSVN graph
>> terribly useful either, but with all of the filters they have to cut
>> down the information I have seen cases where it can be pretty good.
>>
>> Does using a custom database format make it more difficult if you want
>> to store merge information later?
>
> I'm going to focus on two things.
>
> * Improve the output
>
> What do you think of using Zest instead of GEF?
> (http://www.eclipse.org/gef/zest/).
> As I read here (http://www.eclipse.org/newsportal/article.php?id=20929&group=eclipse.tools.gef#20929)
> GEF is more likely to be used for "editing" graphs and since the
> revision graph is read-only Zest could be a better choice because is
> focused on "visualization". And I see Zest is easier to use and nicer.
> It has some layout algorithms and is also possible to implement your
> own.
>
>
> * Plan to add merge information.
>
> I need to take a look at the information returned by the repository to
> plan how to add this feature. Anyway I think it won't be very
> difficult.
>
>>
>> Getting back to the presentation, I have also seen a lot of cases
>> where there is incorrect information displayed. Usually a revision
>> is just repeated multiple times. For example, I have a repository
>> where I did a big import in r1. Then commited some sample changes in
>> r2 and 3. If I look at a history of a file, I might see r1 listed
>> several times, then see r2 and r3. I've seen similar duplication when
>> looking closely at some of the diagrams from the SVN repository.
>
> Yes I've seen that problem. I think I know why it happens and I can
> fix it with simply an additional local variable in a method.
>
>>
>> Anyway, good progress. Looking pretty solid.
>
> Thank you :)
>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mark Phippard
>> http://markphip.blogspot.com/
>>
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