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Re: Marking abandoned branches

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 13, 2006, 21:02 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
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>> ... wouldn't refs cache (similar to current index for files) be
>> better idea?
> 
> The ideal is to make a fast and easy way for Porcelains to
> access what they want to know about the refs without knowing
> their implementation.  We already provide ways to do so except
> that they may not be fast nor easy.  And the "may not be fast"
> part is what triggers 'cache would be better' reaction, but the
> right thing to do is not to work it around with a clutch, but to
> design what an appropriate core side support is and implement
> it.

The 'cache would be better' is because it is obviously backward compatibile (which helps the porcelains and history viewers), avoids some trouble with deleting (and renaming) branches, can be fast (when used), and we can use symlinks/symrefs with it I guess. 

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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Message 11 of 29 in “Marking abandoned branches”
  1. Jon SmirlSep 13, 2006
  2. Petr BaudisSep 13, 2006
  3. Johannes SchindelinSep 13, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiSep 13, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 13, 2006
  6. Jakub NarebskiSep 13, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoSep 13, 2006
  8. Jakub NarebskiSep 13, 2006
  9. Petr BaudisSep 13, 2006
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 13, 2006
  11. Jakub NarebskiSep 13, 2006
  12. Jakub NarebskiSep 13, 2006
  13. Jakub NarebskiSep 13, 2006
  14. Jon SmirlSep 13, 2006
  15. Johannes SchindelinSep 13, 2006
  16. Jon SmirlSep 13, 2006
  17. Shawn PearceSep 13, 2006
  18. Nicolas PitreSep 13, 2006
  19. Martin LanghoffSep 13, 2006
  20. Jakub NarebskiSep 13, 2006
  21. Shawn PearceSep 13, 2006
  22. Jakub NarebskiSep 13, 2006
  23. A Large Angry SCMSep 13, 2006
  24. Shawn PearceSep 13, 2006
  25. Junio C HamanoSep 13, 2006
  26. Jakub NarebskiSep 13, 2006
  27. Jon SmirlSep 13, 2006
  28. Jakub NarebskiSep 13, 2006
  29. Sam VilainSep 14, 2006

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