Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] fast-import: give importers access to the object store

From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 5, 2010, 16:20 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTinUnpANbwZZtQyp9daijMebKcBFytHPzP24nA=o@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20100905084731.GB15511@kytes>

Heya,

On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 03:47, Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Sverre Rabbelier writes:
>> I don't agree, imagine implementing hg-remote-svn (or the conceptual
>> equivalent at least), it would require the same functionality, yes?
>> You need to retrieve something from fast-import that you previously
>> gave it.
>
> Ah, yes. I didn't think of that. If fast-import is already mature,
> it's probably a good idea to design a new protocol altogether based on
> this and not call it fast-import?

That's not what I meant at all. We should still use fast-import, we should just design this extension to the fast-import protocol in such a way that it would also be useful when implementing something like hg-remote-svn ;).

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Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier