From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2016 14:17:28 GMT
Subject: Re: Journal of Failed Git Experiments, Volume 1
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1609251614040.129229@virtualbox>
In-Reply-To: <20160914235547.h3n2otje2hec6u7k@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Hi Peff,

On Wed, 14 Sep 2016, Jeff King wrote:

> I try a lot of different experiments with git performance, some of them
> more hare-brained than others. The ones that succeed end up as real
> patches. But I hate for the ones that fail to die a quiet death. Then
> nobody learns what _doesn't_ work, and nobody has the opportunity to
> point out the spot where I made a stupid mistake that invalidates the
> whole result.

To show those experiments, with analysis, is a really good idea.

I found the zstd experiment in particular very educating, as I wondered
about the same: could we maybe use it to accelerate Git operations? Now I
know.

Ciao,
Dscho