From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tom Lord Subject: RE: Mercurial 0.4b vs git patchbomb benchmark Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 13:26:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <200504292026.NAA28131@emf.net> References: <000e01c54cf7$f61ee4a0$9b11a8c0@allianceoneinc.com> Cc: noel@zhtwn.com, seanlkml@sympatico.ca, git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Apr 29 22:26:01 2005 Return-path: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([12.107.209.244]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DRc2n-0006w4-Mr for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 22:25:01 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262944AbVD2U24 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:28:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262963AbVD2U1B (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:27:01 -0400 Received: from emf.emf.net ([205.149.0.19]:62473 "EHLO emf.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262962AbVD2U0g (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:26:36 -0400 Received: (from lord@localhost) by emf.net (K/K) id NAA28131; Fri, 29 Apr 2005 13:26:31 -0700 (PDT) To: Andrew.Timberlake-Newell@AllianceOneInc.com In-reply-to: <000e01c54cf7$f61ee4a0$9b11a8c0@allianceoneinc.com> (Andrew.Timberlake-Newell@AllianceOneInc.com) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org > It looks to me like he did read carefully. > There were two different ideas: > TL) Passing tree & diff and trusting diff to create tree > NM) Passing tree and generating diff versus local tree for review Well, I guess *you* didn't read carefully. I also spoke about the value of passing around triples: ancestry, diff, and tree. The question is about linking signatures to things that humans can reasonably *intend* and be reasonably held accountable for, hence one of the values of signed diffs. (I cited other practical reasons to value signed diffs and use them in specific ways, too.) -t