Re: [PATCH 00/30] [RFC] extensions.refFormat and packed-refs v2 file format

From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: Nov 19, 2022, 03:00 UTC
Message-ID: <Y3hG5VL24K2p9G+S@nand.local>
In-Reply-To: <CABPp-BGqXbO9SyF_V_fPEOcZ2uQEWzr0V+KrdcHmfWOq3upniQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 04:41:25PM -0800, Elijah Newren wrote:

> (I haven't looked much at reftable, so I can't opine on that question,
> but Stolee's approach did seem eminently easier to review.  I did have
> some questions about his proposal(s) because I didn't quite understand
> them, in part due to being unfamiliar with the area.)

For what it's worth, I'm in the same boat as you are.

That being said, I do find it somewhat sad that we have reftable bits in Junio's tree that don't appear to be progressing all that much. So as much as I would like to see us have fewer reference backends, I'd rather see whatever the "next-gen" backend be have good support and momentum, even if that means carrying more code.

Thanks, Taylor