From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Jim Hill <gjthill@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] sha1_file: pass empty buffer to index empty file
Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 13:38:36 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150520173836.GA14561@peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqr3qbnotm.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 10:25:41AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>
> > Not related to your patch, but I've often wondered if we can just get
> > rid of hold_lock_file_for_append. There's exactly one caller, and I
> > think it is doing the wrong thing. It is add_to_alternates_file(), but
> > shouldn't it probably read the existing lines to make sure it is not
> > adding a duplicate? IOW, I think hold_lock_file_for_append is a
> > fundamentally bad interface, because almost nobody truly wants to _just_
> > append.
>
> Yeah, I tend to agree. Perhaps I should throw it into the list of
> low hanging fruits (aka lmgtfy:"git blame leftover bits") and see if
> anybody bites ;-)
Good thinking. I think it is the right urgency and difficulty for that
list.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-05-20 17:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-14 17:23 [PATCH] sha1_file: pass empty buffer to index empty file Jim Hill
2015-05-14 18:43 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-14 23:17 ` [PATCH v2] " Jim Hill
2015-05-15 18:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-15 23:31 ` Jim Hill
2015-05-16 18:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-16 20:06 ` [PATCH v3] " Jim Hill
2015-05-16 23:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-17 17:37 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-17 19:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-18 0:41 ` [PATCH v4] " Jim Hill
2015-05-19 6:37 ` [PATCH v3] " Jeff King
2015-05-19 18:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-19 18:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-19 18:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-19 19:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-19 22:14 ` Jeff King
2015-05-20 17:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-19 19:40 ` Eric Sunshine
2015-05-19 22:09 ` Jeff King
2015-05-20 17:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-05-20 17:38 ` Jeff King [this message]
2015-05-14 23:26 ` [PATCH] " Jim Hill
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