git/t/perf
Junio C Hamano 5ab148dda0 Merge branch 'rs/sha1-name-readdir-optim'
Optimize "what are the object names already taken in an alternate
object database?" query that is used to derive the length of prefix
an object name is uniquely abbreviated to.

* rs/sha1-name-readdir-optim:
  sha1_file: guard against invalid loose subdirectory numbers
  sha1_file: let for_each_file_in_obj_subdir() handle subdir names
  p4205: add perf test script for pretty log formats
  sha1_name: cache readdir(3) results in find_short_object_filename()
2017-07-05 13:32:56 -07:00
..
repos p0006-read-tree-checkout: perf test to time read-tree 2017-04-19 20:33:01 -07:00
.gitignore t/perf: add "trash directory" to .gitignore 2012-09-17 14:27:55 -07:00
aggregate.perl t/perf: correctly align non-ASCII descriptions in output 2017-04-23 21:33:15 -07:00
Makefile
min_time.perl
p0000-perf-lib-sanity.sh t/perf: correctly align non-ASCII descriptions in output 2017-04-23 21:33:15 -07:00
p0001-rev-list.sh t/perf: export variable used in other blocks 2017-03-03 10:54:42 -08:00
p0002-read-cache.sh read-cache: add simple performance test 2013-06-09 17:03:00 -07:00
p0003-delta-base-cache.sh t/perf: add basic perf tests for delta base cache 2016-08-23 15:26:16 -07:00
p0004-lazy-init-name-hash.sh p0004: don't error out if test repo is too small 2017-05-16 11:11:56 +09:00
p0005-status.sh string-list: use ALLOC_GROW macro when reallocing string_list 2017-04-15 02:04:41 -07:00
p0006-read-tree-checkout.sh p0006-read-tree-checkout: perf test to time read-tree 2017-04-19 20:33:01 -07:00
p0071-sort.sh perf: add basic sort performance test 2017-01-23 11:02:37 -08:00
p0100-globbing.sh perf: add test showing exponential growth in path globbing 2017-05-12 10:07:43 +09:00
p3400-rebase.sh p3400: add perf tests for rebasing many changes 2017-05-08 10:50:43 +09:00
p3404-rebase-interactive.sh perf: run "rebase -i" under perf 2016-05-13 11:07:12 -07:00
p4000-diff-algorithms.sh p4000: use -3000 when promising -3000 2012-03-09 02:07:23 -08:00
p4001-diff-no-index.sh diff: don't read index when --no-index is given 2013-12-12 12:23:02 -08:00
p4205-log-pretty-formats.sh p4205: add perf test script for pretty log formats 2017-06-24 11:05:02 -07:00
p4211-line-log.sh p4211: explicitly disable renames in no-rename test 2016-06-22 13:47:55 -07:00
p4220-log-grep-engines.sh perf: add a comparison test of log --grep regex engines 2017-05-26 12:52:37 +09:00
p4221-log-grep-engines-fixed.sh perf: add a comparison test of log --grep regex engines with -F 2017-05-26 12:52:37 +09:00
p5302-pack-index.sh p5302: create repositories for index-pack results explicitly 2017-02-06 10:55:25 -08:00
p5303-many-packs.sh t/perf: add tests for many-pack scenarios 2016-07-29 11:05:06 -07:00
p5310-pack-bitmaps.sh pack-objects: use reachability bitmap index when generating non-stdout pack 2016-09-12 13:47:41 -07:00
p5550-fetch-tags.sh fetch: use "quick" has_sha1_file for tag following 2016-10-14 11:31:32 -07:00
p7000-filter-branch.sh p7000: add test for filter-branch with --prune-empty 2017-03-03 12:43:37 -08:00
p7300-clean.sh resolve_gitlink_ref: ignore non-repository paths 2016-01-25 11:42:13 -08:00
p7810-grep.sh
p7820-grep-engines.sh perf: add a comparison test of grep regex engines 2017-05-26 12:52:36 +09:00
p7821-grep-engines-fixed.sh perf: add a comparison test of grep regex engines with -F 2017-05-26 12:52:36 +09:00
perf-lib.sh perf: work around the tested repo having an index.lock 2017-06-05 11:04:51 +09:00
README Merge branch 'ab/grep-preparatory-cleanup' 2017-06-02 15:06:06 +09:00
run perf: emit progress output when unpacking & building 2017-05-21 08:25:38 +09:00

Git performance tests
=====================

This directory holds performance testing scripts for git tools.  The
first part of this document describes the various ways in which you
can run them.

When fixing the tools or adding enhancements, you are strongly
encouraged to add tests in this directory to cover what you are
trying to fix or enhance.  The later part of this short document
describes how your test scripts should be organized.


Running Tests
-------------

The easiest way to run tests is to say "make".  This runs all
the tests on the current git repository.

    === Running 2 tests in this tree ===
    [...]
    Test                                     this tree
    ---------------------------------------------------------
    0001.1: rev-list --all                   0.54(0.51+0.02)
    0001.2: rev-list --all --objects         6.14(5.99+0.11)
    7810.1: grep worktree, cheap regex       0.16(0.16+0.35)
    7810.2: grep worktree, expensive regex   7.90(29.75+0.37)
    7810.3: grep --cached, cheap regex       3.07(3.02+0.25)
    7810.4: grep --cached, expensive regex   9.39(30.57+0.24)

You can compare multiple repositories and even git revisions with the
'run' script:

    $ ./run . origin/next /path/to/git-tree p0001-rev-list.sh

where . stands for the current git tree.  The full invocation is

    ./run [<revision|directory>...] [--] [<test-script>...]

A '.' argument is implied if you do not pass any other
revisions/directories.

You can also manually test this or another git build tree, and then
call the aggregation script to summarize the results:

    $ ./p0001-rev-list.sh
    [...]
    $ GIT_BUILD_DIR=/path/to/other/git ./p0001-rev-list.sh
    [...]
    $ ./aggregate.perl . /path/to/other/git ./p0001-rev-list.sh

aggregate.perl has the same invocation as 'run', it just does not run
anything beforehand.

You can set the following variables (also in your config.mak):

    GIT_PERF_REPEAT_COUNT
	Number of times a test should be repeated for best-of-N
	measurements.  Defaults to 3.

    GIT_PERF_MAKE_OPTS
	Options to use when automatically building a git tree for
	performance testing. E.g., -j6 would be useful. Passed
	directly to make as "make $GIT_PERF_MAKE_OPTS".

    GIT_PERF_MAKE_COMMAND
	An arbitrary command that'll be run in place of the make
	command, if set the GIT_PERF_MAKE_OPTS variable is
	ignored. Useful in cases where source tree changes might
	require issuing a different make command to different
	revisions.

	This can be (ab)used to monkeypatch or otherwise change the
	tree about to be built. Note that the build directory can be
	re-used for subsequent runs so the make command might get
	executed multiple times on the same tree, but don't count on
	any of that, that's an implementation detail that might change
	in the future.

    GIT_PERF_REPO
    GIT_PERF_LARGE_REPO
	Repositories to copy for the performance tests.  The normal
	repo should be at least git.git size.  The large repo should
	probably be about linux.git size for optimal results.
	Both default to the git.git you are running from.

You can also pass the options taken by ordinary git tests; the most
useful one is:

--root=<directory>::
	Create "trash" directories used to store all temporary data during
	testing under <directory>, instead of the t/ directory.
	Using this option with a RAM-based filesystem (such as tmpfs)
	can massively speed up the test suite.


Naming Tests
------------

The performance test files are named as:

	pNNNN-commandname-details.sh

where N is a decimal digit.  The same conventions for choosing NNNN as
for normal tests apply.


Writing Tests
-------------

The perf script starts much like a normal test script, except it
sources perf-lib.sh:

	#!/bin/sh
	#
	# Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano
	#

	test_description='xxx performance test'
	. ./perf-lib.sh

After that you will want to use some of the following:

	test_perf_fresh_repo    # sets up an empty repository
	test_perf_default_repo  # sets up a "normal" repository
	test_perf_large_repo    # sets up a "large" repository

	test_perf_default_repo sub  # ditto, in a subdir "sub"

        test_checkout_worktree  # if you need the worktree too

At least one of the first two is required!

You can use test_expect_success as usual. In both test_expect_success
and in test_perf, running "git" points to the version that is being
perf-tested. The $MODERN_GIT variable points to the git wrapper for the
currently checked-out version (i.e., the one that matches the t/perf
scripts you are running).  This is useful if your setup uses commands
that only work with newer versions of git than what you might want to
test (but obviously your new commands must still create a state that can
be used by the older version of git you are testing).

For actual performance tests, use

	test_perf 'descriptive string' '
		command1 &&
		command2
	'

test_perf spawns a subshell, for lack of better options.  This means
that

* you _must_ export all variables that you need in the subshell

* you _must_ flag all variables that you want to persist from the
  subshell with 'test_export':

	test_perf 'descriptive string' '
		foo=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
		test_export foo
	'

  The so-exported variables are automatically marked for export in the
  shell executing the perf test.  For your convenience, test_export is
  the same as export in the main shell.

  This feature relies on a bit of magic using 'set' and 'source'.
  While we have tried to make sure that it can cope with embedded
  whitespace and other special characters, it will not work with
  multi-line data.