Re: [PATCH] Retire the `relink` command
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
- Date
- Jan 25, 2017, 21:13 UTC
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On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 05:58:57PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> Back in the olden days, when all objects were loose and rubber boots were > made out of wood, it made sense to try to share (immutable) objects > between repositories. > > Ever since the arrival of pack files, it is but an anachronism.
Yes, this is a good idea. I could _almost_ see its utility if it linked packfiles, too, but then it is very unlikely that two repos have the exact same packfile.
> Let's move the script to the contrib/examples/ directory and no longer > offer it.
I am OK with this, but perhaps we should go even further and just delete it entirely. The point of contrib/examples is to show people "this is how you could script plumbing to implement a porcelain". But this script does not call a single plumbing script. It just looks directly in objects/, which is probably not something we would want to encourage. :)
-Peff