From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A5961F404 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2018 22:23:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728561AbeIRDw3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2018 23:52:29 -0400 Received: from elephants.elehost.com ([216.66.27.132]:27392 "EHLO elephants.elehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727698AbeIRDw3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Sep 2018 23:52:29 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at elehost.com Received: from gnash (CPE00fc8d49d843-CM00fc8d49d840.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.229.179.249]) (authenticated bits=0) by elephants.elehost.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id w8HMN71A005288 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 17 Sep 2018 18:23:07 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rsbecker@nexbridge.com) From: "Randall S. Becker" To: "'Taylor Blau'" Cc: "'Jonathan Nieder'" , References: <008d01d44ebc$0d668df0$2833a9d0$@nexbridge.com> <20180917192753.GF140909@aiede.svl.corp.google.com> <002501d44ed1$38a49ab0$a9edd010$@nexbridge.com> <20180917220051.GA81083@syl> In-Reply-To: <20180917220051.GA81083@syl> Subject: RE: [Question] Alternative to git-lfs under go Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 18:23:00 -0400 Message-ID: <002601d44ed5$01a83b30$04f8b190$@nexbridge.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Content-Language: en-ca Thread-Index: AQJdFhyAAkhrROGH2xxxy0H9RARvggJHejCgApNWS7gBtsT+46Ou8OUg Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On September 17, 2018 6:01 PM, Taylor Blau wrote: > On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 05:55:55PM -0400, Randall S. Becker wrote: > > On September 17, 2018 3:28 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > > Randall S. Becker wrote: > > > > > > > Does anyone know whether it is practical to rework git-lfs under a > > > > language other than "go"? GCC is not even close to being possible > > > > to port to my NonStop platform (may have tried, some have died - > > > > joke - trying). I would like to convert this directly to C or > > > > something more widely portable. Is there a protocol doc out there I can > reference? > > > > > > Can you say more about the context? You might like > > > > > > git clone --filter=blob:limit=512m > > > > > > which tells Git to avoid downloading any blobs larger than 512 > > > megabytes until you know they need them. See > > > Documentation/technical/partial- clone.txt for more details. > > > > Sorry, I was not clear. I am not having issues with large files or > > blob limits. Members of my community wish to use Git LFS support on > > their enterprise git servers, so as platform maintainer for git on > > NonStop, I am trying to accommodate them. The stumbling block is that > > "Go" language will not port to the platform. > > We have an open-source specification here [1], and the rest of our API > documentation is in here [2]. > > Does that help? > > [1]: https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/blob/master/docs/spec.md > [2]: https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/tree/master/docs/api Very much, thank you!