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Re: [PATCHv3 1/4] gitweb: introduce remote_heads feature

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Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 16, 2008, 18:21 UTC
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On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> "Giuseppe Bilotta" <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> For example, because the only remote for the tree is the author's own
>> private tree, or because the only remotes are the mirrors on gitorious
>> or github. In both cases, there would be no reaso to waste resources,
>> bandwidth and screen estate loading and displaying the remote
>> references.
>
> Sorry, but you are not making sense.  The above may be a reason not to run
> gitweb in such a repository, but if you are viewing such a private tree,
> perhaps thru instaweb, wouldn't you be interested in viewing them?

No, I'm talking about the PUBLIC tree whose only remote is the private one, or the gitorious/github mirrors, an example of the latter being the rbot tree http://www.ruby-rbot.org/gitweb/rbot.git

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>> OTOH, it might make sense to make remote_heads enabled by default (and
>> overridable).
>
> Perhaps.  I'll stop commenting on "should this be optional, if so what
> should be the default" and let others chime in.  Honestly I do not care
> that deeply either way.
Me either, actually. 8-D
-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 14 of 14 in “[PATCHv3 0/4] gitweb: remote heads feature”
  1. Giuseppe BilottaNov 16, 2008
  2. 1/4 gitweb: introduce remote_heads featureGiuseppe Bilotta, Nov 16, 2008
  3. 2/4 gitweb: git_get_heads_list accepts an optional list of refs.Giuseppe Bilotta, Nov 16, 2008
  4. 3/4 gitweb: separate heads and remotes listsGiuseppe Bilotta, Nov 16, 2008
  5. 4/4 gitweb: link heads and remotes viewGiuseppe Bilotta, Nov 16, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2008
  7. Giuseppe BilottaNov 17, 2008
  8. Giuseppe BilottaNov 17, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2008
  10. Jakub NarebskiNov 17, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2008
  12. Giuseppe BilottaNov 16, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoNov 16, 2008
  14. Giuseppe BilottaNov 16, 2008

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