Re: metastore

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

david@lang.hm writes:

> On Sun, 16 Sep 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>
>> I do not think there is nothing that writes file contents to
>> stdout/pager other than "git cat-file" or "git show"; I do not
>> think they are what you have in mind when talking about managing
>> the files under /etc.  So unfortunately I do not understand the
>> rest of the discussion you made in your message.
>
> Ok, I thought that there was common code for these different
> uses. could you re-read the rest of the logic based on the change
> being done in checkout_entry?
>
> if you are unwilling to have any changes made to the checkout_entry
> code then the only remaing question is what you think of Daniel's
> suggestion to have a hook to replace check_updates()?
>
> if it's not acceptable either then we are down to doing a
> post-checkout trigger.

Post-checkout trigger is something I can say I can live with
without looking at the actual patch, but that does not mean it
would be a better approach at all.

I would not be able to answer the first question right now; that
needs a patch to prove that it can be done with a well contained
set of changes that results in a maintainable code.

I haven't tried to assess the potential extent of damage needed
to checkout_entry(), and I have never been interested in this
"keeping track of /etc in place" topic myself.  It is unlikely
I'll try to come up with such a patch on my own to support it at
such a low level near the core.  Somebody who cares about that
feature needs to take the initiative of doing that work before
we can discuss and decide, although older-times including myself
can help spot potential issues.

So while I admit I am skeptical, consider me neither willing nor
unwilling at this point.