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Re: [WIP/RFC 00/23] repository object

From
brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date
May 21, 2017, 16:28 UTC
Message-ID
<20170521162816.xio7ttltdrlqmb6m@genre.crustytoothpaste.net>
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<20170518232134.163059-1-bmwill@google.com>
On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 04:21:11PM -0700, Brandon Williams wrote:
> This is still very much in a WIP state, though it does pass all tests.  What
> I'm hoping for here is to get a discussion started about the feasibility of a
> change like this and hopefully to get the ball rolling.  Is this a direction we
> want to move in?  Is it worth the pain?

I haven't spent a lot of time looking at the patches, but I like this idea. I expect that moving in this direction will help us avoid a lot of globals and move us in a direction of more re-entrant code. I can think of a lot of things that could really benefit from this.

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Message 34 of 41 in “[WIP/RFC 00/23] repository object”
  1. Brandon WilliamsMay 18, 2017
  2. 02/23 convert: convert crlf_to_git to take an indexBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  3. 03/23 convert: convert convert_to_git_filter_fd to take an indexBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  4. 01/23 convert: convert get_cached_convert_stats_ascii to take an indexBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  5. 04/23 convert: convert convert_to_git to take an indexBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  6. 10/23 ls-files: convert show_other_files to take an indexBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  7. 11/23 ls-files: convert show_ru_info to take an indexBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  8. 06/23 tree: convert read_tree to take an index parameterBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  9. 14/23 ls-files: convert show_files to take an indexBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  10. 05/23 convert: convert renormalize_buffer to take an indexBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  11. 12/23 ls-files: convert ce_excluded to take an indexBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  12. 15/23 ls-files: factor out debug info into a functionBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  13. 08/23 ls-files: convert write_eolinfo to take an indexBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  14. 07/23 ls-files: convert overlay_tree_on_cache to take an indexBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  15. 09/23 ls-files: convert show_killed_files to take an indexBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  16. 16/23 ls-files: factor out tag calculationBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  17. 20/23 submodule-config: refactor to allow for multiple submodule_cache'sBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  18. 19/23 repo: add per repo configBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  19. 22/23 submodule: add is_submodule_activeBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  20. 21/23 repo: add repo_read_gitmodulesBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  21. 18/23 repo: add index_state to struct repoBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  22. Stefan BellerMay 20, 2017
  23. 17/23 repo: introduce new repository objectBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  24. Stefan BellerMay 20, 2017
  25. Brandon WilliamsMay 23, 2017
  26. 13/23 ls-files: convert prune_cache to take an indexBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  27. 23/23 ls-files: use repository objectBrandon Williams, May 18, 2017
  28. Jeff HostetlerMay 19, 2017
  29. Ben PeartMay 19, 2017
  30. Brandon WilliamsMay 23, 2017
  31. Stefan BellerMay 20, 2017
  32. Johannes SchindelinMay 22, 2017
  33. Jacob KellerMay 21, 2017
  34. brian m. carlsonMay 21, 2017
  35. Jeff KingMay 22, 2017
  36. Brandon WilliamsMay 23, 2017
  37. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2017
  38. Duy NguyenMay 29, 2017
  39. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 29, 2017
  40. Duy NguyenMay 29, 2017
  41. Brandon WilliamsMay 30, 2017

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