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From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add keyword unexpansion support to convert.c
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:04:37 -0700
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Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes:

> On Tue, 17 Apr 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> You have to be careful, though.  Depending on what kind of
>> transformation you implement with the external tools, you would
>> end up having to slow down everything we would do.
>
> So what?  
>
> We provide a rope with proper caveat emptor.  Up to others to hang 
> themselves with it if they so desire.  It is not our problem anymore.

I sort-of find it hard to believe hearing this from somebody who
muttered something about importance of perception a few days ago.

>> I suspect that you would have to play safe and say "when
>> external tools are involved, we need to disable the existing
>> content SHA-1 based optimization for all paths that ask for
>> them" to keep your sanity.
>
> Maybe.  If that is what's really needed then so be it.  People who 
> really want to do strange things will have the flexibility to do so, but 
> they'll have to pay the price in loss of performance.

Not just that.  We end up having to pay the price of maintaining
hooks to let them do crazy things.