From ecc0ecd03f542273b38385e12c210d5b399792c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harry <hjwp2@cantab.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 12:44:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Speed up hasCommits check

`git rev-list --all` is very slow for large repositories
(order of 5s on a repo with 500k commits).

This alternative version works by checking whether HEAD points at a valid commit,
by using a git command that returns an error code if not.
This means it has to use the 'silentgitignorefailure'
version of the git invocation functions, and check for an error.
---
 mob.go | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mob.go b/mob.go
index 267c9ef..4a00092 100644
--- a/mob.go
+++ b/mob.go
@@ -297,8 +297,8 @@ func run(osArgs []string) {
 }
 
 func hasCommits() bool {
-	commitCount := silentgit("rev-list", "--all", "--count")
-	return commitCount != "0"
+	_, err := silentgitignorefailure("rev-parse", "--verify", "HEAD")
+	return (err == nil)
 }
 
 func currentCliName(argZero string) string {