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Log, Filter: improve search for 'Content' in files performance

Maciej Andrzejewski 12 months ago updated by fourier 5 months ago 4

Better search for 'Content' in files.

This feature basicaly works but it is not usable in most of time so I have to fallback to command line and user 'git grep' to find what I need *in seconds*.

The way I use it now:

In the log screen I type searched string and check the 'Content' type.

The commits are being searched and now there are two problems:

First problem: The 'Files' view will not get filled/updated with searched data until whole repository search is completed. In big repositories that means I will never get the results and can wait for ages. Using 'git grep' I complete this part in seconds. It would be great to have *a button to stop searching* for commits and start analyzing the 'Files' output.

I wonder if this feature is in any interest of the SmartGit's developers group?

First problem: by default, SmartGit tries to build a graph of the filtered commits. This requires to look-ahead. Is responsiveness better when unselecting "Show Graph While Filtering"?

Second problem split off to https://smartgit.userecho.com/communities/1/topics/1500-

Vote for this feature, fast visual git grep with ability to open file with internal and (using command line) in external editor could be a fantastic feature.