4 files changed, 34 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/plumbing/cache/common.go b/plumbing/cache/common.go
index 9efc26c..e77baf0 100644
--- a/plumbing/cache/common.go
+++ b/plumbing/cache/common.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ const (
 
 type FileSize int64
 
+const DefaultMaxSize FileSize = 96 * MiByte
+
 // Object is an interface to a object cache.
 type Object interface {
 	// Put puts the given object into the cache. Whether this object will
diff --git a/plumbing/cache/object_lru.go b/plumbing/cache/object_lru.go
index e8414ab..d99a5c9 100644
--- a/plumbing/cache/object_lru.go
+++ b/plumbing/cache/object_lru.go
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ func NewObjectLRU(maxSize FileSize) *ObjectLRU {
 	return &ObjectLRU{MaxSize: maxSize}
 }
 
+// NewObjectLRUDefault creates a new ObjectLRU with the default cache size.
+func NewObjectLRUDefault() *ObjectLRU {
+	return &ObjectLRU{MaxSize: DefaultMaxSize}
+}
+
 // Put puts an object into the cache. If the object is already in the cache, it
 // will be marked as used. Otherwise, it will be inserted. A single object might
 // be evicted to make room for the new object.
diff --git a/plumbing/format/packfile/decoder.go b/plumbing/format/packfile/decoder.go
index ad72ea0..24493ec 100644
--- a/plumbing/format/packfile/decoder.go
+++ b/plumbing/format/packfile/decoder.go
@@ -80,15 +80,20 @@ type Decoder struct {
 // If the ObjectStorer implements storer.Transactioner, a transaction is created
 // during the Decode execution. If anything fails, Rollback is called
 func NewDecoder(s *Scanner, o storer.EncodedObjectStorer) (*Decoder, error) {
-	return NewDecoderForType(s, o, plumbing.AnyObject)
+	return NewDecoderForType(s, o, plumbing.AnyObject,
+		cache.NewObjectLRUDefault())
 }
 
 // NewDecoderForType returns a new Decoder but in this case for a specific object type.
 // When an object is read using this Decoder instance and it is not of the same type of
 // the specified one, nil will be returned. This is intended to avoid the content
-// deserialization of all the objects
+// deserialization of all the objects.
+//
+// cacheObject is an ObjectLRU that is used to speed up the process. If cache
+// is not needed you can pass nil. To create a cache object with the default
+// size you an use the helper cache.ObjectLRUDefault().
 func NewDecoderForType(s *Scanner, o storer.EncodedObjectStorer,
-	t plumbing.ObjectType) (*Decoder, error) {
+	t plumbing.ObjectType, cacheObject cache.Object) (*Decoder, error) {
 
 	if t == plumbing.OFSDeltaObject ||
 		t == plumbing.REFDeltaObject ||
@@ -101,8 +106,9 @@ func NewDecoderForType(s *Scanner, o storer.EncodedObjectStorer,
 	}
 
 	return &Decoder{
-		s: s,
-		o: o,
+		s:              s,
+		o:              o,
+		DeltaBaseCache: cacheObject,
 
 		idx:          NewIndex(0),
 		offsetToType: make(map[int64]plumbing.ObjectType),
diff --git a/plumbing/format/packfile/decoder_test.go b/plumbing/format/packfile/decoder_test.go
index 1a1a74a..b5bc7b7 100644
--- a/plumbing/format/packfile/decoder_test.go
+++ b/plumbing/format/packfile/decoder_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 
 	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/plumbing"
+	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/plumbing/cache"
 	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/plumbing/format/idxfile"
 	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/plumbing/format/packfile"
 	"gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4/plumbing/storer"
@@ -51,7 +52,8 @@ func (s *ReaderSuite) TestDecodeByTypeRefDelta(c *C) {
 
 	storage := memory.NewStorage()
 	scanner := packfile.NewScanner(f.Packfile())
-	d, err := packfile.NewDecoderForType(scanner, storage, plumbing.CommitObject)
+	d, err := packfile.NewDecoderForType(scanner, storage, plumbing.CommitObject,
+		cache.NewObjectLRUDefault())
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	// Index required to decode by ref-delta.
@@ -77,7 +79,8 @@ func (s *ReaderSuite) TestDecodeByTypeRefDeltaError(c *C) {
 	fixtures.Basic().ByTag("ref-delta").Test(c, func(f *fixtures.Fixture) {
 		storage := memory.NewStorage()
 		scanner := packfile.NewScanner(f.Packfile())
-		d, err := packfile.NewDecoderForType(scanner, storage, plumbing.CommitObject)
+		d, err := packfile.NewDecoderForType(scanner, storage,
+			plumbing.CommitObject, cache.NewObjectLRUDefault())
 		c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 		defer d.Close()
@@ -111,7 +114,8 @@ func (s *ReaderSuite) TestDecodeByType(c *C) {
 		for _, t := range ts {
 			storage := memory.NewStorage()
 			scanner := packfile.NewScanner(f.Packfile())
-			d, err := packfile.NewDecoderForType(scanner, storage, t)
+			d, err := packfile.NewDecoderForType(scanner, storage, t,
+				cache.NewObjectLRUDefault())
 			c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 			// when the packfile is ref-delta based, the offsets are required
@@ -141,13 +145,17 @@ func (s *ReaderSuite) TestDecodeByTypeConstructor(c *C) {
 	storage := memory.NewStorage()
 	scanner := packfile.NewScanner(f.Packfile())
 
-	_, err := packfile.NewDecoderForType(scanner, storage, plumbing.OFSDeltaObject)
+	_, err := packfile.NewDecoderForType(scanner, storage,
+		plumbing.OFSDeltaObject, cache.NewObjectLRUDefault())
 	c.Assert(err, Equals, plumbing.ErrInvalidType)
 
-	_, err = packfile.NewDecoderForType(scanner, storage, plumbing.REFDeltaObject)
+	_, err = packfile.NewDecoderForType(scanner, storage,
+		plumbing.REFDeltaObject, cache.NewObjectLRUDefault())
+
 	c.Assert(err, Equals, plumbing.ErrInvalidType)
 
-	_, err = packfile.NewDecoderForType(scanner, storage, plumbing.InvalidObject)
+	_, err = packfile.NewDecoderForType(scanner, storage, plumbing.InvalidObject,
+		cache.NewObjectLRUDefault())
 	c.Assert(err, Equals, plumbing.ErrInvalidType)
 }
 
@@ -313,7 +321,8 @@ func (s *ReaderSuite) TestDecodeObjectAt(c *C) {
 func (s *ReaderSuite) TestDecodeObjectAtForType(c *C) {
 	f := fixtures.Basic().One()
 	scanner := packfile.NewScanner(f.Packfile())
-	d, err := packfile.NewDecoderForType(scanner, nil, plumbing.TreeObject)
+	d, err := packfile.NewDecoderForType(scanner, nil, plumbing.TreeObject,
+		cache.NewObjectLRUDefault())
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 
 	// when the packfile is ref-delta based, the offsets are required