Re: Last mile for 1.0

From: McMullan, Jason <jason.mcmullan@timesys.com>
Date: Jun 6, 2005, 13:29 UTC
Message-ID: <1118064550.8970.29.camel@jmcmullan.timesys>
In-Reply-To: <7vzmu4weod.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

On Sun, 2005-06-05 at 16:45 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> I did not mention git-sync by Jason McMullan on my list of "what
> I want to have in 1.0", but that was not because I object to the
> idea of having a sync mechanism that knows and takes advantage
> of how GIT works.  Quite the contrary.
> 
> [snip snip]
>
> I just do not feel, judging from its current protocol command
> set, it offers enough improvements over what git-ssh-push/pull
> pairs already give us; I'd be happy to be corrected, of course,
> if this is a misconception.

Oh, I definitely agree. git-sync is *not* 1.0 material. The protocol and feature set are still being worked on, and git-ssh-* may even be a better fix than git-sync for many scenarios.

What I *do* want to get into git 1.0 is a merge of git-sync's verify-before-write update semantics into pull.c. I should be able to get that to you before tomorrow.

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Jason McMullan <jason.mcmullan@timesys.com>
TimeSys Corporation