From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Marking abandoned branches
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:02:46 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ee9rl3$c4o$1@sea.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7vhczb7ay9.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net
Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> ... wouldn't refs cache (similar to current index for files) be
>> better idea?
>
> The ideal is to make a fast and easy way for Porcelains to
> access what they want to know about the refs without knowing
> their implementation. We already provide ways to do so except
> that they may not be fast nor easy. And the "may not be fast"
> part is what triggers 'cache would be better' reaction, but the
> right thing to do is not to work it around with a clutch, but to
> design what an appropriate core side support is and implement
> it.
The 'cache would be better' is because it is obviously backward
compatibile (which helps the porcelains and history viewers),
avoids some trouble with deleting (and renaming) branches, can
be fast (when used), and we can use symlinks/symrefs with it I guess.
--
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-09-13 21:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-13 15:17 Marking abandoned branches Jon Smirl
2006-09-13 15:24 ` Petr Baudis
2006-09-13 15:31 ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-09-13 15:45 ` Jakub Narebski
2006-09-13 18:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-09-13 18:51 ` Jakub Narebski
2006-09-13 19:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-09-13 19:34 ` Jakub Narebski
2006-09-13 20:43 ` Petr Baudis
2006-09-13 20:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-09-13 21:02 ` Jakub Narebski [this message]
2006-09-13 21:09 ` Jakub Narebski
2006-09-13 21:32 ` Jakub Narebski
2006-09-13 15:59 ` Jon Smirl
2006-09-13 16:05 ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-09-13 17:22 ` Jon Smirl
2006-09-13 17:32 ` Shawn Pearce
2006-09-13 17:46 ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-09-13 20:31 ` Martin Langhoff
2006-09-13 20:43 ` Jakub Narebski
2006-09-13 16:09 ` Shawn Pearce
2006-09-13 16:12 ` Jakub Narebski
2006-09-13 16:40 ` A Large Angry SCM
2006-09-13 16:49 ` Shawn Pearce
2006-09-13 18:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-09-13 16:55 ` Jakub Narebski
2006-09-13 17:24 ` Jon Smirl
2006-09-13 17:45 ` Jakub Narebski
2006-09-14 3:37 ` Sam Vilain
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