From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:14:01 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/14] packed-graph: create git-graph builtin
Message-ID: <37d84775-174f-02fc-159c-0810df458b5a@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqinbp8rw3.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On 1/25/2018 6:01 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Teach Git the 'graph' builtin that will be used for writing and
>> reading packed graph files. The current implementation is mostly
>> empty, except for a check that the core.graph setting is enabled
>> and a '--pack-dir' option.
> Just to set my expectation straight.
>
> Is it fair to say that in the ideal endgame state, this will be like
> "git pack-objects" in that end users won't have to know about it,
> but would serve as a crucial building block that is invoked by other
> front-end commands that are more familiar to end users (just like
> pack-objects are used behind the scenes by repack, push, etc.)?

That is my hope. Leaving that integration for later, after this feature 
has proven itself.