Re: Transactions for git (and stgit) ?

From: Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org>
Date: May 12, 2007, 18:34 UTC
Message-ID: <20070512183443.GM19253@nan92-1-81-57-214-146.fbx.proxad.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070512104919.GA22735@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>

On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 12:49:19PM +0200, Karl Hasselström wrote:

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> On 2007-05-12 11:53:12 +0200, Yann Dirson wrote:
> 
> > It could even be more sensible to implement transactions at the git
> > level rather than at the stgit one...
> 
> Yes, please. (Unless a convincing technical argument pops up against
> it, of course.) Any stgit invariant that isn't based on a git
> invariant is one more thing that can break when git and stgit commands
> are mixed.

For reference, I have written down some design ideas in january[1]. They were written with StGIT in mind, we'll have to see if it transposes easily to plain git.

I fear it will not be that easy, at least with this design :)

OTOH, implementing transactions in StGIT could provide a first experience on this particular field, that may later be transposed to git core - not unlike cogito did for other features. There is the risk, however, of seeing a different (hopefully better) design for the feature in git afterwards, and this in turn is likely to make life harder for StGIT...

[1] http://marc.info/?t=116803935800001&r=1&w=2

Best regards,

-- 
Yann.