From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: [PATCH] Extend cat-file to take multiple arguments or read input from stdin. Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:34:02 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Han-Wen Nienhuys X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Nov 15 05:34:45 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IsWRA-00018h-0V for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:34:44 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754371AbXKOEeW (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:34:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754125AbXKOEeW (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:34:22 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:52476 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753196AbXKOEeV (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:34:21 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 15 Nov 2007 04:34:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (EHLO openvpn-client) [138.251.11.103] by mail.gmx.net (mp032) with SMTP; 15 Nov 2007 05:34:19 +0100 X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/x9nYb5qzxLt5yI3uQEdEgeFICXOHp3sswbjmmQx 6RLIHSbz+yKgDI X-X-Sender: gene099@racer.site In-Reply-To: X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote: > With this functionality, the entire object database can be dumped with a > limited number of processes: two cat-file processes for discovering size > and type, and one cat-file process per type. IMHO a better idea would be a counterpart to fast-import, probably called "fast-export". You'd need only one process then, and it would not only be faster, but would be usable by even more people, I guess. Ciao, Dscho