From: Mike Taht Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 16:49:18 GMT Subject: Re: using git directory cache code in darcs? Message-ID: <4262938E.8010107@timesys.com> In-Reply-To: Linus Torvalds wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Apr 2005, David Roundy wrote: > >>That's all right. Darcs would only access the cached data through a >>git-caching layer, and we've already got an abstraction layer over the >>pristine cache. As long as the git layer can quickly retrieve the contents >>of a given file, we should be fine. > > > Yes. > > In fact, one of my hopes was that other SCM's could just use the git > plumbing. But then I'd really suggest that you use "git" itself, not any > "libgit". Ie you take _all_ the plumbing as real programs, and instead of > trying to link against individual routines, you'd _script_ it. If you don't want it, I won't do it. Still makes sense to separate the plumbing from the porcelain, though. -- Mike Taht "You can tell how far we have to go, when FORTRAN is the language of supercomputers. -- Steven Feiner"