4 This directory holds performance testing scripts for git tools. The
5 first part of this document describes the various ways in which you
8 When fixing the tools or adding enhancements, you are strongly
9 encouraged to add tests in this directory to cover what you are
10 trying to fix or enhance. The later part of this short document
11 describes how your test scripts should be organized.
17 The easiest way to run tests is to say "make". This runs all
18 the tests on the current git repository.
20 === Running 2 tests in this tree ===
23 ---------------------------------------------------------
24 0001.1: rev-list --all 0.54(0.51+0.02)
25 0001.2: rev-list --all --objects 6.14(5.99+0.11)
26 7810.1: grep worktree, cheap regex 0.16(0.16+0.35)
27 7810.2: grep worktree, expensive regex 7.90(29.75+0.37)
28 7810.3: grep --cached, cheap regex 3.07(3.02+0.25)
29 7810.4: grep --cached, expensive regex 9.39(30.57+0.24)
31 You can compare multiple repositories and even git revisions with the
34 $ ./run . origin/next /path/to/git-tree p0001-rev-list.sh
36 where . stands for the current git tree. The full invocation is
38 ./run [<revision|directory>...] [--] [<test-script>...]
40 A '.' argument is implied if you do not pass any other
41 revisions/directories.
43 You can also manually test this or another git build tree, and then
44 call the aggregation script to summarize the results:
48 $ ./run /path/to/other/git -- ./p0001-rev-list.sh
50 $ ./aggregate.perl . /path/to/other/git ./p0001-rev-list.sh
52 aggregate.perl has the same invocation as 'run', it just does not run
55 You can set the following variables (also in your config.mak):
58 Number of times a test should be repeated for best-of-N
59 measurements. Defaults to 3.
62 Options to use when automatically building a git tree for
63 performance testing. E.g., -j6 would be useful. Passed
64 directly to make as "make $GIT_PERF_MAKE_OPTS".
67 An arbitrary command that'll be run in place of the make
68 command, if set the GIT_PERF_MAKE_OPTS variable is
69 ignored. Useful in cases where source tree changes might
70 require issuing a different make command to different
73 This can be (ab)used to monkeypatch or otherwise change the
74 tree about to be built. Note that the build directory can be
75 re-used for subsequent runs so the make command might get
76 executed multiple times on the same tree, but don't count on
77 any of that, that's an implementation detail that might change
82 Repositories to copy for the performance tests. The normal
83 repo should be at least git.git size. The large repo should
84 probably be about linux.git size for optimal results.
85 Both default to the git.git you are running from.
87 You can also pass the options taken by ordinary git tests; the most
91 Create "trash" directories used to store all temporary data during
92 testing under <directory>, instead of the t/ directory.
93 Using this option with a RAM-based filesystem (such as tmpfs)
94 can massively speed up the test suite.
100 The performance test files are named as:
102 pNNNN-commandname-details.sh
104 where N is a decimal digit. The same conventions for choosing NNNN as
105 for normal tests apply.
111 The perf script starts much like a normal test script, except it
116 # Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano
119 test_description='xxx performance test'
122 After that you will want to use some of the following:
124 test_perf_fresh_repo # sets up an empty repository
125 test_perf_default_repo # sets up a "normal" repository
126 test_perf_large_repo # sets up a "large" repository
128 test_perf_default_repo sub # ditto, in a subdir "sub"
130 test_checkout_worktree # if you need the worktree too
132 At least one of the first two is required!
134 You can use test_expect_success as usual. In both test_expect_success
135 and in test_perf, running "git" points to the version that is being
136 perf-tested. The $MODERN_GIT variable points to the git wrapper for the
137 currently checked-out version (i.e., the one that matches the t/perf
138 scripts you are running). This is useful if your setup uses commands
139 that only work with newer versions of git than what you might want to
140 test (but obviously your new commands must still create a state that can
141 be used by the older version of git you are testing).
143 For actual performance tests, use
145 test_perf 'descriptive string' '
150 test_perf spawns a subshell, for lack of better options. This means
153 * you _must_ export all variables that you need in the subshell
155 * you _must_ flag all variables that you want to persist from the
156 subshell with 'test_export':
158 test_perf 'descriptive string' '
159 foo=$(git rev-parse HEAD) &&
163 The so-exported variables are automatically marked for export in the
164 shell executing the perf test. For your convenience, test_export is
165 the same as export in the main shell.
167 This feature relies on a bit of magic using 'set' and 'source'.
168 While we have tried to make sure that it can cope with embedded
169 whitespace and other special characters, it will not work with
172 Rather than tracking the performance by run-time as `test_perf` does, you
173 may also track output size by using `test_size`. The stdout of the
174 function should be a single numeric value, which will be captured and
175 shown in the aggregated output. For example:
177 test_perf 'time foo' '
181 test_size 'output size'
185 might produce output like:
188 -------------------------------------------------------------
189 1234.1 time foo 0.37(0.79+0.02) 0.26(0.51+0.02) -29.7%
190 1234.2 output size 4.3M 3.6M -14.7%
192 The item being measured (and its units) is up to the test; the context
193 and the test title should make it clear to the user whether bigger or
194 smaller numbers are better. Unlike test_perf, the test code will only be
195 run once, since output sizes tend to be more deterministic than timings.