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Re: [RFC/PATCH] Add a --nosort option to pack-objects

From
Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>
Date
Dec 7, 2007, 21:46 UTC
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<20071207214627.GB13170@glandium.org>
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On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 01:25:24PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> I need to rant here a bit.
> 
> Sometimes people say "Here is my patch.  If this is accepted, I'll add
> documentation and tests".  My reaction is, "Don't you, as the person who
> proposes that change, believe in your patch deeply enough yourself to be
> willing to perfect it, to make it suitable for consumption by the
> general public, whether it is included in my tree or not?  A change that
> even you do not believe in deeply enough probably to perfect would not
> benefit the general public, so thanks but no thanks, I'll pass."

As you can seen from my other message, I'm *actually* not sure this is really material for git as a VCS. I will add documentation unrelated to --nosort to pack-objects anyways.

Mike
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  1. Add a --nosort option to pack-objectsMike Hommey, Dec 7, 2007
  2. Nicolas PitreDec 7, 2007
  3. Mike HommeyDec 7, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 7, 2007
  6. Mike HommeyDec 7, 2007
  7. Nicolas PitreDec 7, 2007
  8. Mike HommeyDec 8, 2007

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