jesseduffield.lazygit/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers
Stefan Kerkmann 2ed887d149 Commits: add incremental git log limit
The existing git log logic fetched the first 300 commits of a repo and
displayed them in the local and sub-commit views. Once a user selected a
commit beyond a threshold of 200 commits the whole repository was
loaded. This is problematic with large repos e.g. the linux kernel with
currently ~138k commits as lazygit slows down substantially with such a
large number of commits in memory.

This commit replaces the current all or only the first 300 commits logic
with an incremental fetching approach:

1. The first 400 commits of repo are loaded by default.
2. If the user selects a commit beyond a threshold (current limit-100)
   the git log limit is increased by 400 if there are more commits
   available. If there are more commits available is currently checked
   by comparing the previous log limit with the real commit count in the
   model, if the commit count is less then the limit it is assumed that
   we reached the end of the commit log. Ideally it would be better to
   call `git rev-list --count xyz` in the right places and compare with
   this result, but this requires more changes.

Adding a "paginated implementation" by utilizing `git log --skip=x
--max-count=y` and appending commits to the model instead of replacing
the whole collection would be nice, but this requires deeper changes to
keep everything consistent.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Kerkmann <s.kerkmann@pengutronix.de>

Co-authored-by: DeepSeek V4 Flash
2026-09-02 16:08:50 +02:00
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amend_helper.go Allow passing refresh scope to WithGpgHandling 2025-03-24 08:41:58 +01:00
app_status_helper.go Decouple hiding the working tree state from blocking input 2026-08-05 17:29:20 +02:00
bisect_helper.go Remove the RefreshMode field 2026-07-17 12:32:32 +02:00
branches_helper.go Don't auto-forward branches when the repo was switched during the fetch 2026-07-20 17:07:39 +02:00
cherry_pick_helper.go Decouple hiding the working tree state from blocking input 2026-08-05 17:29:20 +02:00
commits_helper.go Rename Key to Keys in Binding, KeybindingsOpts, and MenuItem 2026-05-25 15:18:18 +02:00
commits_helper_test.go Remove hard line breaks when rewording commits 2024-03-09 10:00:44 +01:00
confirmation_helper.go Lay out the filter row of a menu that filters as you type 2026-08-31 20:41:22 +02:00
confirmation_helper_test.go Lay out the filter row of a menu that filters as you type 2026-08-31 20:41:22 +02:00
credentials_helper.go Remove the RefreshMode field 2026-07-17 12:32:32 +02:00
diff_helper.go Remove the RefreshMode field 2026-07-17 12:32:32 +02:00
drag_autoscroller.go Add DragAutoScroller helper 2026-07-31 08:26:35 +02:00
drag_autoscroller_test.go Add DragAutoScroller helper 2026-07-31 08:26:35 +02:00
files_helper.go Cleanup: remove unused interfaces for helpers 2025-04-08 16:08:25 +02:00
fixup_helper.go Remove the scroll calls that are now redundant 2026-08-14 08:04:13 +02:00
fixup_helper_test.go Ignore fixup commits for a found base commit when doing ctrl-f 2026-01-24 16:04:35 +01:00
gpg_helper.go Remove the RefreshMode field 2026-07-17 12:32:32 +02:00
helpers.go Implement suspending the app using ctrl-z 2025-08-14 20:41:46 +02:00
host_helper.go Cleanup: remove unused interfaces for helpers 2025-04-08 16:08:25 +02:00
inline_status_helper.go Update comments that still describe the removed blocking refresh mode 2026-07-21 22:23:58 +02:00
menu_key.go Use a slice of keys for each binding 2026-05-25 15:18:18 +02:00
merge_and_rebase_helper.go Let OnUIThreadAndWait's error be about the wait, not about f 2026-08-12 11:04:53 +02:00
merge_conflicts_helper.go Make the conflict marker size a parameter of our marker matching 2026-08-08 12:43:42 +02:00
mode_helper.go Remove the scroll calls that are now redundant 2026-08-14 08:04:13 +02:00
patch_building_helper.go Show renamed files in the custom patch builder 2026-07-04 13:05:09 +02:00
record_directory_helper.go split context common from helper common 2023-04-30 13:19:53 +10:00
refresh_helper.go Commits: add incremental git log limit 2026-09-02 16:08:50 +02:00
refresh_helper_test.go Auto-select the conflicted commit when stopping in rebase 2026-08-15 15:24:36 +02:00
refs_helper.go Commits: add incremental git log limit 2026-09-02 16:08:50 +02:00
repos_helper.go Filter the recent repositories menu as you type 2026-08-31 20:41:22 +02:00
search_helper.go Drop the menu-specific wording for the filter prompt 2026-08-31 20:41:22 +02:00
signal_handling.go Implement suspending the app using ctrl-z 2025-08-14 20:41:46 +02:00
signal_handling_windows.go Implement suspending the app using ctrl-z 2025-08-14 20:41:46 +02:00
snake_helper.go Bump gocui and adapt lazygit code 2024-12-01 10:40:08 +01:00
staging_helper.go Add user config to use hunk mode by default when entering staging view 2025-07-04 19:41:40 +02:00
sub_commits_helper.go Commits: add incremental git log limit 2026-09-02 16:08:50 +02:00
suggestions_helper.go Hold the file-path suggestions trie outside the model 2026-07-17 12:35:54 +02:00
suspend_resume_helper.go Implement suspending the app using ctrl-z 2025-08-14 20:41:46 +02:00
tags_helper.go Convert keybinding fields to Keybinding 2026-05-25 15:32:47 +02:00
update_helper.go Copy gocui files into lazygit repo under pkg/gocui 2026-04-30 14:29:08 +02:00
upstream_helper.go Cleanup: remove unused interfaces for helpers 2025-04-08 16:08:25 +02:00
upstream_helper_test.go Standardise on using lo for slice functions 2023-07-30 18:51:23 +10:00
view_helper.go standardise helper args 2023-04-30 13:19:53 +10:00
window_arrangement_helper.go Drop the menu-specific wording for the filter prompt 2026-08-31 20:41:22 +02:00
window_arrangement_helper_test.go Add gui.shrinkSidePanelsToContent option 2026-07-03 19:25:01 +02:00
window_helper.go Drive the side panel layout from gui.sidePanels 2026-06-23 14:15:18 +02:00
working_tree_helper.go Remove the RefreshMode field 2026-07-17 12:32:32 +02:00
worktree_helper.go Remove the RefreshMode field 2026-07-17 12:32:32 +02:00
worktree_helper_test.go Add helper to compute candidate worktree parent directories 2026-07-03 18:53:05 +02:00