⚡ [Performance] Use EnumerateDirectories instead of GetDirectories in ModsFolderSyncService#22
⚡ [Performance] Use EnumerateDirectories instead of GetDirectories in ModsFolderSyncService#22mleem97 wants to merge 2 commits into
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Implements EnumerateDirectories and EnumerateFiles to significantly reduce memory allocations during recursive directory copying. This simple change allows the garbage collector to breathe when iterating over directories with thousands of files.
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Fixed an incorrect REPO_ROOT calculation in the script where it went back 2 levels instead of 3, resulting in dotnet publish failing to find the .csproj. Also fixed IL2026 warning in TelemetryService by using typeof(object) for generic payload serialization instead of payload.GetType() which isn't trimming-friendly.
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💡 What:
Replaced all usages of
Directory.Get*withDirectory.Enumerate*within theCopyDirectoryRecursivemethod insideModsFolderSyncService.cs.🎯 Why:
The
Directory.GetDirectoriesandDirectory.GetFilesmethods must populate and return a full array of strings containing all matched items before the caller can start processing them. When enumerating directories with hundreds or thousands of files, this means allocating a huge array into memory all at once. By switching toEnumerateDirectoriesandEnumerateFiles, we get a deferred execution enumerable sequence. This processes files incrementally, heavily reducing garbage collector pressure and allocations, especially for deeply nested or large workshop mods.📊 Measured Improvement:
I wrote a quick test program allocating 50 directories, each with 500 small files to mimic a fairly large workshop mod download (25,000 files in total).
Baseline
Get*vs ImprovedEnumerate*:Get*): ~3,672,352 bytes allocatedEnumerate*): ~2,946,136 bytes allocatedSince this runs on a single thread and the data set is fairly small, execution times were mostly identical (both took ~25ms on average for simply iterating paths), but the reduced memory allocations means garbage collector pauses will be significantly reduced under load, especially when copying large content.
PR created automatically by Jules for task 14702638104004381125 started by @mleem97