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Re: Subprojects tasks

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Dec 16, 2006, 21:07 UTC
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Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org> writes:
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> On Sat, Dec 16, 2006 at 10:32:36AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> I suspect the hardest part is "rev-list --objects" (now most of
>> it is found in revision.c).  [..]  But I think the updated
>> code needs to know that "link" needs to be unwrapped and
>> contained "commit" needs to be injected back to the ancestry
>> walking machinery.
>
> Do we want "link" to be unwrapped, though ?
>
>> Once you have "rev-list --objects", you should be able to drive
>> pack-objects with its output.
>
> Wouldn't we then run into the scalability problems Linus was
> concerned about ?
Hmph.

If the plumbing layer does not have to (although I haven't thought it through, it does feel like it even shouldn't) unwrap "link" and let the Porcelain layer to deal with it, that would certainly make rev-list/revision.c part simpler.

I like it.
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Message 18 of 24 in “Subprojects tasks”
  1. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiDec 16, 2006
  3. Martin WaitzDec 16, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiDec 16, 2006
  5. Josef WeidendorferDec 17, 2006
  6. Martin WaitzDec 17, 2006
  7. Jakub NarebskiDec 17, 2006
  8. Martin WaitzDec 17, 2006
  9. Jakub NarebskiDec 17, 2006
  10. Martin WaitzDec 17, 2006
  11. Josef WeidendorferDec 17, 2006
  12. Martin WaitzDec 18, 2006
  13. Josef WeidendorferDec 17, 2006
  14. Martin WaitzDec 18, 2006
  15. Josef WeidendorferDec 18, 2006
  16. Josef WeidendorferDec 17, 2006
  17. Sven VerdoolaegeDec 16, 2006
  18. Junio C HamanoDec 16, 2006
  19. Martin WaitzDec 16, 2006
  20. Sven VerdoolaegeDec 16, 2006
  21. Josef WeidendorferDec 17, 2006
  22. Alan ChandlerDec 17, 2006
  23. Jakub NarebskiDec 17, 2006
  24. Martin WaitzDec 17, 2006

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