From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
Cc: Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, vdye@github.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] scalar: only warn when background maintenance fails
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 07:40:33 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqk01458um.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b63611dc-a889-8900-403a-ec7c42a89705@github.com> (Derrick Stolee's message of "Mon, 30 Jan 2023 08:44:23 -0500")
Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com> writes:
>>> Here, we are in an environment where background maintenance is
>>> unavailable in an unexpected way. If that feature is not available
>>> to the user, should they not get the benefits of the others?
>>
>> That is not what I was saying. I just have expected to see a way
>> for the user to give scalar an explicit "I understand that periodic
>> maintenance does not happen in this repository" consent, instead of
>> demoting an error detection for everybody to a warning that users
>> will just ignore.
>
> Ah, so you'd prefer a --no-maintenance option for users who have
> this problem instead of just a warning. I'll do that in v2.
Or a repository-local configuration to declare "no need to do the
maintenance stuff here", probably? The expected use case you gave
does not match per-invocation command line option very well, right?
> This could be a good time for me to upstream the --no-src option
> while I'm messing with arguments in 'scalar clone'.
OK. Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-30 15:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-27 20:06 [PATCH 0/3] Allow scalar to succeed despite maintenance failures Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-01-27 20:06 ` [PATCH 1/3] t: allow 'scalar' in test_must_fail Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-01-27 20:06 ` [PATCH 2/3] t921*: test scalar behavior starting maintenance Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-01-27 20:06 ` [PATCH 3/3] scalar: only warn when background maintenance fails Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2023-01-27 20:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-01-27 22:18 ` Derrick Stolee
2023-01-28 0:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-01-30 13:44 ` Derrick Stolee
2023-01-30 15:40 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2023-01-30 17:42 ` Victoria Dye
2023-01-30 18:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2023-01-30 19:06 ` Derrick Stolee
2023-01-27 22:18 ` Victoria Dye
2023-01-30 19:25 ` Derrick Stolee
2023-01-27 22:06 ` Victoria Dye
2023-01-27 22:14 ` Derrick Stolee
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