Re: [RFC] Code reorgnization

> Git's top directory is crowded and I think it's agreed that moving
> test-* to t/helper is a good move. I just wanted to check if we could
> take this opportunity (after v2.8.0) to move some other files too. I
> propose the following new subdirs
> 
> lib
> ---
> This contains files that are about data structures or algorithms. Very
> general purpose. This directory includes
> 
> argv-array.[ch] base85.c column.[ch] delta.h diff-delta.c hashmap.[ch]
> hex.c khash.h kwset.[ch] levenshtein.[ch] mergesort.[ch] patch-delta.c
> prio-queue.[ch] sha1-array.[ch] sha1-lookup.[ch] strbuf.[ch]
> string-list.[ch] url.[ch] urlmatch.[ch] utf8.[ch] varint.[ch]
> versioncmp.c wildmatch.[ch]

> odb
> ---
> The grouping of object database files is to easily make connections
> between them. Unlike, for example, diff-related files which either
> start with "diff" or has that word in the file name to make
> connections.
> 
> alloc.c blob.[ch] bulk-checkin.[ch] commit-slab.h commit.[ch]
> object.[ch] pack.h pack-revindex.[ch] replace_object.c sha1_file.c
> streaming.[ch] tag.[ch] tree.[ch]
> 
> index
> -----
> For the same reason of odb subdir. This directory contains
> 
> cache-tree.[ch] name-hash.c preload-index.c read-cache.c
> split-index.[ch] unpack-trees.[ch]
> 
> sys (or maybe util or support)
> ------------------------------
> These are still general purpose but is usually system-related. They
> are still far away from git's core logic. I want to separate them to
> make it easier to spot "important" files at top dir.
> 
> abspath.c color.[ch] copy.c csum-file.[ch] ctype.c date.c editor.c
> exec_cmd.[ch] gettext.[ch] gettext.h gpg-interface.[ch] ident.c
> lockfile.[ch] mailinfo.[ch] mailmap.[ch] pager.c parse-options-cb.c
> parse-options.[ch] pathspec.[ch] pkt-line.[ch] progress.[ch]
> prompt.[ch] quote.[ch] run-command.[ch] sideband.[ch] sigchain.[ch]
> symlinks.c tar.h tempfile.[ch] thread-utils.[ch] trace.[ch]
> unix-socket.[ch] usage.c userdiff.[ch] wrapper.c write_or_die.c zlib.c
> 
> Good? Bad? Ugly?