From: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 17:00:09 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] Implement ref namespaces as a ref storage backend
Message-ID: <CAGZ79kZz16kwwMOxoi+6UksT2CaPBU5O+r3QzxfrUBf8c3whhg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170813193611.4233-1-richard.maw@gmail.com>

> Technical description
> =====================
>
> This patch series adds a new refs backend, stacking on top of the files backend,
> based on whether `core.namespace` is set in git config.

Currently there is another Big Thing getting started in in the refs backend.
https://public-inbox.org/git/CAJo=hJtg0PAVHT1phbArdra8+4LfnEEuaj3fBid==BXkZghi8g@mail.gmail.com/
Maybe it is worth looking into that as well? Reftables solve
the problem of scaling (i.e. a repo containing a million refs works
just fine, and fast(!) for reading/writing refs, which is not the case
for packed refs)