Re: [RFC PATCH] Introduce git-hive

[Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>]

Casey Dahlin wrote:
> 
> So now our two peers can see each other.
> 
> casey@host_a$ git hive show --branches
> Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
> master
> for_casey
> 
> ---
> 
> nguyen@host_b$ git hive show --branches
> Casey Dahlin <cdahlin@redhat.com>
> master
> stable
> v2.1
> 
> And we can exchange them
> 
> casey@host_a$ git hive fetch nguyen for_casey
> casey@host_a$ git branch
> * master
> stable
> for_casey
> 
> Note that the two arguments in fetch are a regex which searches through
> user IDs and a branch name, which is why I can abbreviate to just "nguyen"
> in all lower case.

I may be a little late into the discussion, but I must say I very much like the
idea. I realize that this is mostly intended for local repo sharing (typically
between coworkers), but I suspect the idea could be extended to more general
distributed repository, ehrm, distribution.

The only thing I would object to, so far, is hive fetch bringing stuff
directly into my local repository. I typically prefer content to remain
fenced in its appropriate namespace (e.g. I have issues even with the way tags
and notes are imported from remotes). For hives, it might be a better idea to
have the hive-fetched branches plop into either refs/remotes or maybe even a
new dedicated namespace like refs/hive/ ?