Re: [PATCH v3] bulk-checkin: only support blobs in index_bulk_checkin

From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: Sep 27, 2023, 01:38 UTC
Message-ID: <ZROHrSmmZOIE6bl9@nand.local>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqmsx8mwr4.fsf@gitster.g>

On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 02:48:31PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> > Avoid all of those future complications by limiting index_bulk_checkin
> > to only work on blobs.
>
> Thanks.  Will queue.

Hmm. I wonder if retaining some flexibility in the bulk-checkin mechanism may be worthwhile. We discussed at the Contributor's Summit[^1] today that the bulk-checkin system may be a good fit for packing any blobs/trees created by `merge-tree` or `replay` instead of writing them out as loose objects.

Being able to write trees in addition to blobs is definitely important there, so we may want to wait on merging this down until that direction solidifies a bit more. (FWIW, I started working on that today and hope to have patches on the list in the next day or two).

Alternatively, if there is an urgency to merge these down, we can always come back to it in the future and revert it if need be. Either way :-).

Thanks, Taylor

[^1]: I'll clean up our notes in the next day or two and share them with
  the list here.