From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
Drew Northup <drew.northup@maine.edu>,
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>,
Heiko Voigt <hvoigt@hvoigt.net>,
Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] invalidate_ref_cache(): rename function from invalidate_cached_refs()
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:53:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E93D9DF.2080004@alum.mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vfwj0iehl.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
On 10/11/2011 02:00 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
>
>> It is the cache that is being invalidated, not the references.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
>> ---
>
> Although I think one can say "ref cache is the container for cached refs"
> and invalidating the "ref cache" as the container and invalidating the
> "cached refs" as a collection mean essentially the same thing, probably
> the new name makes more sense.
I certainly didn't mean to imply that the old name was incorrect. I
just think that the new name removes a tiny bit of ambiguity.
Michael
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-10-11 5:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-12 22:36 [PATCH 0/6] Retain caches of submodule refs Michael Haggerty
2011-08-12 22:36 ` [PATCH 1/6] Extract a function clear_cached_refs() Michael Haggerty
2011-08-12 22:36 ` [PATCH 2/6] Access reference caches only through new function get_cached_refs() Michael Haggerty
2011-08-14 22:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-08-23 4:21 ` Michael Haggerty
2011-08-12 22:36 ` [PATCH 3/6] Change the signature of read_packed_refs() Michael Haggerty
2011-08-12 22:36 ` [PATCH 4/6] Allocate cached_refs objects dynamically Michael Haggerty
2011-08-14 22:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-08-12 22:36 ` [PATCH 5/6] Store the submodule name in struct cached_refs Michael Haggerty
2011-08-12 22:36 ` [PATCH 6/6] Retain caches of submodule refs Michael Haggerty
2011-08-13 12:54 ` Heiko Voigt
2011-08-24 8:17 ` Michael Haggerty
2011-08-24 20:05 ` Heiko Voigt
2011-08-16 22:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-08-24 11:33 ` Michael Haggerty
2011-10-09 11:12 ` Michael Haggerty
2011-10-09 20:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-10-10 5:46 ` [PATCH 0/2] Provide API to invalidate refs cache Michael Haggerty
2011-10-10 5:46 ` [PATCH 1/2] invalidate_cached_refs(): take the submodule as parameter Michael Haggerty
2011-10-10 5:46 ` [PATCH 2/2] invalidate_cached_refs(): expose this function in refs API Michael Haggerty
2011-10-10 8:24 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] Provide API to invalidate refs cache Michael Haggerty
2011-10-10 8:24 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] invalidate_ref_cache(): rename function from invalidate_cached_refs() Michael Haggerty
2011-10-11 0:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-10-11 5:53 ` Michael Haggerty [this message]
2011-10-10 8:24 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] invalidate_ref_cache(): take the submodule as parameter Michael Haggerty
2011-10-10 8:24 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] invalidate_ref_cache(): expose this function in refs API Michael Haggerty
2011-10-10 8:24 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] clear_cached_refs(): rename parameter Michael Haggerty
2011-10-10 8:24 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] clear_cached_refs(): extract two new functions Michael Haggerty
2011-10-10 8:24 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] write_ref_sha1(): only invalidate the loose ref cache Michael Haggerty
2011-10-10 8:24 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] clear_cached_refs(): inline function Michael Haggerty
2011-10-11 0:02 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] Provide API to invalidate refs cache Junio C Hamano
2011-10-11 5:50 ` Michael Haggerty
2011-10-11 8:09 ` Julian Phillips
2011-10-11 17:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-10-12 18:44 ` [PATCH v3 " Michael Haggerty
2011-10-12 18:44 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] invalidate_ref_cache(): rename function from invalidate_cached_refs() Michael Haggerty
2011-10-12 19:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-10-12 22:12 ` Michael Haggerty
2011-10-12 18:44 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] invalidate_ref_cache(): take the submodule as parameter Michael Haggerty
2011-10-12 19:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-10-12 22:07 ` Michael Haggerty
2011-10-17 18:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-11-03 10:23 ` Michael Haggerty
2011-11-03 18:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-10-12 18:44 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] invalidate_ref_cache(): expose this function in refs API Michael Haggerty
2011-10-12 18:44 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] clear_cached_refs(): rename parameter Michael Haggerty
2011-10-12 18:44 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] clear_cached_refs(): extract two new functions Michael Haggerty
2011-10-12 18:44 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] write_ref_sha1(): only invalidate the loose ref cache Michael Haggerty
2011-10-12 18:44 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] clear_cached_refs(): inline function Michael Haggerty
2011-10-12 19:28 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] Provide API to invalidate refs cache Junio C Hamano
2011-10-10 19:53 ` Re: [PATCH 6/6] Retain caches of submodule refs Heiko Voigt
2011-10-11 4:12 ` Michael Haggerty
2011-10-11 17:41 ` Heiko Voigt
2011-08-13 12:34 ` [PATCH 0/6] " Heiko Voigt
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