# HG changeset patch
# User Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
# Date 1281043037 18000
# Node ID 7d2aaeea67ed89f40f5ff739c8e77ffaa286c5da
# Parent  6ccd130eab0e9e425e8459754619ad75dffcdf56
merge: drop reference to file contents after write

This reduces memory usage on large consecutive gets.

diff -r 6ccd130eab0e -r 7d2aaeea67ed mercurial/merge.py
--- a/mercurial/merge.py	Thu Aug 05 16:17:17 2010 -0500
+++ b/mercurial/merge.py	Thu Aug 05 16:17:17 2010 -0500
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@
             repo.ui.note(_("getting %s\n") % f)
             t = mctx.filectx(f).data()
             repo.wwrite(f, t, flags)
+            t = None
             updated += 1
             if f == '.hgsubstate': # subrepo states need updating
                 subrepo.submerge(repo, wctx, mctx, wctx)