From: Bryan Larsen Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 20:09:45 GMT Subject: Re: patches to support working without the object database Message-ID: <42CEDD89.6010200@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7vwto16t6h.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Junio C Hamano wrote: >>>>>>"BL" == Bryan Larsen writes: > > > BL> Sometimes you may wish to keep an audit trail of what changed, where, > BL> and by whom. You do not need to know the exact details of the change, > BL> and the files are so large that keeping an extra copy of the data in > BL> the object database cache is prohibitively expensive. > > I am basically OK with this patch series, except I have one > minor problem about interface detail, and more seriously, that > the patch is whitespace mangled and would not apply. E.g. > * SNIP * > > Also please make sure that core GIT part patch applies against > Linus tip (especially [PATCH 2/7]) as well. I think it does, but > please double check. > > I had trouble getting tip. That may be because I'm on OS X: I want to try it on a Linux box to narrow down the source of my problems. Given that it's currently 4PM on Friday, I don't think the IT staff is going to fix the firewall before Monday. So please excuse me while I scrounge up another Linux box or two. After that happens, I'll fix up my patches as suggested by you and Linus, get myself a real mailer and resubmit. thanks, Bryan