From: Jon Smirl Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:34:33 GMT Subject: Re: Efficient retrieval of commit log info Message-ID: <9e4733910712120734r2618e882w1e6f930c74f3065a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <34660cca0712120719p2d7cda44s97ab770abd648742@mail.gmail.com> On 12/12/07, Eirik Bjørsnøs wrote: > > On the other hand, this is pretty trivial to extend the protocol so only > > commit objects are transferred. Using 'git log' on the client side > > would work, as long as you don't use any of the content walking options. > > Nicolas, > > So what you're suggesting is that: Write a script the runs the command locally on the remote sever and emails you the info. Or ssh to the remote server and run the commands locally. > > 1) git-clone could be changed such that the user could ask not to > fetch content, only commit objects. > 2) git-daemon (or the protocol layer, again I'm not familiar with the > implementation) could be changed such that it only sends commit > objects on request. > 3) Changes to git-log is not necessary. > > Anybody have a clue how much work this would require and if this is > something that would be generally useful for the community? > > Eirik. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@gmail.com