Re: [PATCH] partial-clone: document promisor remote fetch ordering

[Kaartic Sivaraam <kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com>]

On 11/8/26 04:25, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Hussain Sitamouwala <husainsitamuwala21@gmail.com> writes:
>  
> It seems there are multiple people sending messages with words like
> "promisor", "fetch", "order", and "Outreachy" on their "Subject:"
> fairly recently, but are you in charge of herding these folks, or is
> somebody else helping them?  Without knowing if there is somebody
> central coordinating these that I can ask about, it is hard to tell
> if these people are making coherent effort to achieve something
> worthwhile, or if they are just randomly banging the door.
> 

The patches surrounding promisor-remote are coming through because we 
had proposed the following project for this year's Outreachy round.

   Implement promisor remote fetch ordering

   When a Git repository is configured with multiple promisor remotes,
   there’s currently no mechanism to specify or optimize the order in
   which these remotes should be queried when fetching missing objects.
   Different remotes may have different performance characteristics,
   costs, or reliability, making fetch order an important consideration.

   This project aims to implement a fetch ordering mechanism for multiple
   promisor remotes. The order could be:

     - Configured locally by the client
     - Advertised by servers through the promisor-remote protocol

   The key challenge is designing a flexible system that allows servers
   to communicate their preferred fetch order to clients (to ensure
   optimal performance and cost management).

See also: 
https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAP8UFD3kd=6QHp2oB+t+g-2D8bY-Oe5+_Vk+RJeaCa_xhxGrsA@mail.gmail.com/

I have volunteered to mentor the same and Chrisitian has mentioned that 
he'll help with the project. Feel free to ping me too in case you see 
anything around this you need some help with.

Sorry for the late response. I just thought I'll fill in with the 
context in case it helps.

-- 
Sivaraam