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Re: full kernel history, in patchset format

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TGThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Date
Apr 16, 2005, 19:50 UTC
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On Sat, 2005-04-16 at 11:44 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> That level of abstraction ("we never look directly at the objects") is 
> what allows us to change the object structure later. For example, we 
> already changed the "commit" date thing once, and the tree object has 
> obviously evolved a bit, and if we ever change the hash, the objects will 
> change too, but if you always just script them using nice helper tools, 
> you won't ever need to _care_. And that's how it should be.
For the export stuff its terrible slow. :(

I agree that using common tools is good. But we talk also about an open format, so using a script to speed up certain tasks is not bad at all.

tglx
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Message 23 of 42 in “full kernel history, in patchset format”
  1. Ingo MolnarApr 16, 2005
  2. Ingo MolnarApr 16, 2005
  3. David MansfieldApr 16, 2005
  4. Ingo MolnarApr 16, 2005
  5. Francois RomieuApr 16, 2005
  6. Linus TorvaldsApr 16, 2005
  7. Petr BaudisApr 16, 2005
  8. Christopher LiApr 16, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2005
  10. Mike TahtApr 16, 2005
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2005
  12. Christopher LiApr 16, 2005
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2005
  14. Mike TahtApr 16, 2005
  15. Daniel BarkalowApr 16, 2005
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2005
  17. Jan-Benedict GlawApr 16, 2005
  18. Thomas GleixnerApr 16, 2005
  19. Petr BaudisApr 16, 2005
  20. Petr BaudisApr 16, 2005
  21. Thomas GleixnerApr 16, 2005
  22. Linus TorvaldsApr 16, 2005
  23. Thomas GleixnerApr 16, 2005
  24. Petr BaudisApr 16, 2005
  25. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2005
  26. Linus TorvaldsApr 16, 2005
  27. Thomas GleixnerApr 16, 2005
  28. David LangApr 16, 2005
  29. Ingo MolnarApr 16, 2005
  30. David WoodhouseApr 17, 2005
  31. Petr BaudisApr 17, 2005
  32. David WoodhouseApr 18, 2005
  33. Petr BaudisApr 18, 2005
  34. David WoodhouseApr 18, 2005
  35. Petr BaudisApr 18, 2005
  36. David WoodhouseApr 18, 2005
  37. Petr BaudisApr 18, 2005
  38. Linus TorvaldsApr 18, 2005
  39. David WoodhouseApr 18, 2005
  40. Catalin MarinasApr 18, 2005
  41. David MansfieldApr 18, 2005
  42. Catalin MarinasApr 19, 2005

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