stream-clone: disable gc for `_entries_walk` duration The number of small container created turn Python in a gc-frenzy that seriously impact performance. This significantly boost performance. The following number comes from a large private repository using perf::stream-locked-section: base-line: 35.04 seconds prev-change: 24.51 seconds (-30%) this-change: 20.88 seconds (-40% from baseline; -15% from previous changes)

from mercurial.utils import procutil

# XXX: we should probably offer a devel option to do this in blackbox directly
def getuser():
    return b'bob'


def getpid():
    return 5000


# mock the date and user apis so the output is always the same
def uisetup(ui):
    procutil.getuser = getuser
    procutil.getpid = getpid