From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: Subprojects tasks Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 13:07:04 -0800 Message-ID: <7v64cbeeiv.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> References: <7vzm9nelob.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <20061216203553.GA25274MdfPADPa@greensroom.kotnet.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:07:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Martin Waitz , git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org In-Reply-To: <20061216203553.GA25274MdfPADPa@greensroom.kotnet.org> (Sven Verdoolaege's message of "Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:35:53 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GvgkS-0005DQ-1v for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:07:12 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161477AbWLPVHH (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:07:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161484AbWLPVHH (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:07:07 -0500 Received: from fed1rmmtao03.cox.net ([68.230.241.36]:52527 "EHLO fed1rmmtao03.cox.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161477AbWLPVHG (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:07:06 -0500 Received: from fed1rmimpo02.cox.net ([70.169.32.72]) by fed1rmmtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.03 201-2131-130-104-20060516) with ESMTP id <20061216210705.QDYJ29122.fed1rmmtao03.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net>; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:07:05 -0500 Received: from assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net ([68.5.247.80]) by fed1rmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id zZ7G1V01R1kojtg0000000; Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:07:17 -0500 To: skimo@liacs.nl Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sven Verdoolaege writes: > On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 10:32:36AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> I suspect the hardest part is "rev-list --objects" (now most of >> it is found in revision.c). [..] But I think the updated >> code needs to know that "link" needs to be unwrapped and >> contained "commit" needs to be injected back to the ancestry >> walking machinery. > > Do we want "link" to be unwrapped, though ? > >> Once you have "rev-list --objects", you should be able to drive >> pack-objects with its output. > > Wouldn't we then run into the scalability problems Linus was > concerned about ? Hmph. If the plumbing layer does not have to (although I haven't thought it through, it does feel like it even shouldn't) unwrap "link" and let the Porcelain layer to deal with it, that would certainly make rev-list/revision.c part simpler. I like it.