stream-clone: disable gc for the initial section for the v3 format
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%)
prev-change: 20.88 seconds (-40%)
this-change: 14.22 seconds (-60% from baseline; -31% from prev)
#!/usr/bin/env bash
hg init remote
cd remote
echo "0" >> afile
hg add afile
hg commit -m "0.0"
echo "1" >> afile
hg commit -m "0.1"
echo "2" >> afile
hg commit -m "0.2"
echo "3" >> afile
hg commit -m "0.3"
hg update -C 0
echo "1" >> afile
hg commit -m "1.1"
echo "2" >> afile
hg commit -m "1.2"
echo "a line" > fred
echo "3" >> afile
hg add fred
hg commit -m "1.3"
hg mv afile adifferentfile
hg commit -m "1.3m"
hg update -C 3
hg mv afile anotherfile
hg commit -m "0.3m"
hg bundle -a ../remote.hg
cd ..
rm -Rf remote