Byron/gitoxide v0.9.0

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A first usable version of git-repository to make using gitoxide from your applications so much easier. It serves as a one-stop shop for application developers without sacrificing performance by default while making common use-cases more convenient.

Feature list

• git-repository as hub crate for application development with focus on usability without sacrificing any knob to tune performance.
• opt-in async for git-packetline, git-transport and git-protocol for fully async git clients, along with the light-async feature toggle to build a gixp pack-receive with an async client instead of a blocking one.
• Statistics for gixp pack-create with the -s/--statistics flag to have data indicating the cost of the operation. Currently it's doing a lot of work that has to be avoided in order to be useable in production and the numbers underline that. Future iterations will cause key metrics to go down.
• Packs are now reproducible by default, which means that the same tip will always generate a pack with the same hash. This may be a desirable property for some kinds of packs, but not for others which is why it can be turned off for a considerable speed boost.
• git-tempfile crate
• git-lock crate
• git-ref crate with complete loose-ref, packed-ref and transaction support.

Performance

• On M1, thanks to a new release, Sha1 is now computed much faster which unlocks a massive performance boost. In my test, verifying/decoding the entire linux kernel pack now happens in 17s, as compared to 37s for canonical git.
• git-object parsing is a few percent faster thanks a reworked error handling for objects. By default, error collection is disabled entirely making the error case zero-sized. If needed, verbose and stacked errors can be turned on using a feature toggle for applications who expect repositories with malformed objects and need detailed diagnostics.

New Features

• control pack and object cache size in megabytes in some sub-commands

Commit Statistics

• 4 commits contributed to the release over the course of 26 calendar days.
• 1 commit where understood as conventional.
• 2 unique issues were worked on: #200, #67

New Contributors

• @caspervonb made their first contribution in #210
• @andrewhickman made their first contribution in #208

Full Changelog: v0.8.4...v0.9.0