From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com (pb-smtp20.pobox.com [173.228.157.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3C30D10A0A for ; Thu, 23 May 2024 16:09:49 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=173.228.157.52 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1716480590; cv=none; b=hL5SHPO3pdngl3HNBfV05nXyM6jdAjcOQINcf0zbyOM6zr4CIjzlVrI/yBWU3UHIMLHCriWjUIw9/R+LWN/7hRkcrlcUpchFip/v8LZcpXIPV9szyhORyUIH1yTMATngVTYvh4dx2cgLv9QDPinnw6yION6bCcin6EGVeJcp41w= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1716480590; c=relaxed/simple; bh=XxkKfmVo/cX2V+is8bYHiQZnQfaJMXUpBoUauxaRNEE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=jATDrKREsYtHUl8Lfsm/DPl17I49yIjleBdYNzy6MQZuD04TWgzo1zb438xOqhAt5yznOUvGWKCiXL1WqKhf7rLYBaYaudDoNan6Lfo/O1CtJzMfd+nBM0NdrRXrc1Zeqx82Fn7gg5Em0RYmeoYU6aHRtAqOxdqrwoyOL5R5dMo= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b=N7szURy7; arc=none smtp.client-ip=173.228.157.52 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="N7szURy7" Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE9981D3FC; Thu, 23 May 2024 12:09:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=XxkKfmVo/cX2V+is8bYHiQZnQfaJMXUpBoUaux aRNEE=; b=N7szURy7xVcspbtiharQT9UfRhMdka/AvS/55viHKYb0dWLhPguIH7 kvr3YP+efET87KBwJxqfdasdwq9WowpSFpP5c/JNSkPZMYnoEka9eN3Z52jaB+AP mzXqLvS1+NVIZ+/2aBdj6Ba2q764p2rulcAp2Awwv7Fd6smD2J1lg= Received: from pb-smtp20.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B71DE1D3FB; Thu, 23 May 2024 12:09:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.125.173.97]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5D1401D3FA; Thu, 23 May 2024 12:09:44 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Patrick Steinhardt Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] refs: ref storage format migrations In-Reply-To: (Patrick Steinhardt's message of "Thu, 23 May 2024 10:25:13 +0200") References: Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 09:09:41 -0700 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: DE79404E-191E-11EF-B944-F515D2CDFF5E-77302942!pb-smtp20.pobox.com Patrick Steinhardt writes: > - It is not safe with concurrent writers. This is the limitation that > ... > none at all, as it may cause users to be less mindful. That's why I > decided to just have no solution at all and document the limitation > accordingly. Documenting the limitation is a good place to start. For normal users, would it be sufficient to (1) tell your colleagues that this repository is currently closed and do not push into it; (2) configure "git gc --auto" to never kick in; (3) delist the repository from "git maintenance" schedule. before they try this feature out?