Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] commit-graph.c: write non-split graphs as read-only

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 03:44:13PM -0600, Taylor Blau wrote:
>>
>>> What do you want to do about the final patch that I stuck on the end of
>>> this series in [1]? If I don't hear from anybody, I'll send it as 5/5 in
>>> v3 and we can feel free to not apply it if it's controversial.
>>
>> I have to admit I don't care that much either way about it (see my
>> earlier response on three mental models). I'm happy for you or Junio to
>> decide. :)
> 
> My gut feeling is that our longer term goal (if we had timeperiod
> during which the codebase is quiescent enough and infinite energy to
> dedicate on code clean-up) among one or your options should be to
> consistently create files that are rewritten-and-renamed read-only,
> to discourage casual tampering, so I am OK with that 5th patch.
> 
> Having said that, I suspect that Derrick and friends are larger
> stakeholders in the "chain" file, so I'd prefer to see us basing
> the choice on their input.