From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Hommey Subject: fast-import deltas Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 19:25:54 +0900 Message-ID: <20140401102554.GA32231@glandium.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Apr 01 13:05:51 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WUwVp-0008Sq-Ij for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:05:49 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751096AbaDALFp (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Apr 2014 07:05:45 -0400 Received: from ks3293202.kimsufi.com ([5.135.186.141]:47826 "EHLO zenigata.glandium.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751095AbaDALFo (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Apr 2014 07:05:44 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 2381 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2014 07:05:43 EDT Received: from glandium by zenigata.glandium.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1WUvtC-0008Rd-Ha for git@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 01 Apr 2014 19:25:54 +0900 Content-Disposition: inline X-GPG-Fingerprint: 182E 161D 1130 B9FC CD7D B167 E42A A04F A6AA 8C72 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, I am currently prototyping a "native" mercurial remote handler for git, and it seems silly for git to compute deltas itself when I'm getting deltas from the mercurial remote itself, albeit in a different form. Would adding a fast-import command to handle deltas be considered useful for git? If so, what kind of format would be suitable? Cheers, Mike