From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C0A11F6DC for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2017 21:41:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752230AbdAYVlE (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:41:04 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.71]:51219 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752063AbdAYVlD (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:41:03 -0500 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A5F2636F8; Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:41:02 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=9XDQw0QhOpJl0zbHjPcA+yJY/mY=; b=fxh9kC t+Ha/f8bOYA6Tos9bjN0DXBCTYuLqaaEZSGd2kGQXJi6TbtOQuO8GltIlfdUfRV3 VVLoEKqmHHTgz2zNG8DfkGMDjlmrPuBKVGOAv6uLSCn61VozcveKkq8Enxa9Wbs9 PCQcW2XpoJoi1i7rdlOxHqBqI6a1bcqKnSN0o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=GzLymal1wMTz0STpazywClzIg0+JUVkV Eqhz4lvgyr+lHj3/tMhaWx9+6HbsfVrtXtLx8CwYaNBmMVH7VtyPXTMJwPmydeqC nEnGuE27KWbgWOa/5DHLyTuN4VNq8jHGqDlHeVtZb6CUkfwOJfk/n7N6Mr85zZTo 1ke6MkUbdf0= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 516DD636F7; Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:41:02 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.132.0.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 95D66636F4; Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:41:01 -0500 (EST) From: Junio C Hamano To: Jeff King Cc: Johannes Schindelin , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Retire the `relink` command References: <10319c47ff3f7222c3a601827ebd9398861d509d.1485363528.git.johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> <20170125211331.ts4ohigz5z6ugj6q@sigill.intra.peff.net> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 13:41:00 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20170125211331.ts4ohigz5z6ugj6q@sigill.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:13:31 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.91 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: F73A3AC2-E346-11E6-855D-A7617B1B28F4-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Jeff King writes: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 05:58:57PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > >> Back in the olden days, when all objects were loose and rubber boots were >> made out of wood, it made sense to try to share (immutable) objects >> between repositories. >> >> Ever since the arrival of pack files, it is but an anachronism. > > Yes, this is a good idea. I could _almost_ see its utility if it linked > packfiles, too, but then it is very unlikely that two repos have the > exact same packfile. > >> Let's move the script to the contrib/examples/ directory and no longer >> offer it. > > I am OK with this, but perhaps we should go even further and just delete > it entirely. The point of contrib/examples is to show people "this is > how you could script plumbing to implement a porcelain". But this script > does not call a single plumbing script. It just looks directly in > objects/, which is probably not something we would want to encourage. :) Yeah. I am OK with this patch as the first step of "first move to contrib and then remove" two step process, but I suspect we may forget to follow through.