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Re: [PATCH 1/4] builtin/repack.c: pass "out" to `prepare_pack_objects`

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Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
Date
Nov 7, 2022, 19:28 UTC
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On 10/24/22 4:47 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:
> 
>> `builtin/repack.c`'s `prepare_pack_objects()` is used to prepare a set
>> of arguments to a `pack-objects` process which will generate a desired
>> pack.
>>
>> A future patch will add an `--expire-to` option which allows `git
>> repack` to write a cruft pack containing the pruned objects out to a
>> separate repository. Prepare for this by teaching that function to write
>> packs to an arbitrary location specified by the caller.
>>
>> All existing callers of `prepare_pack_objects()` will pass `packtmp` for
>> `out`, retaining the existing behavior.
> 
> It does make sense to allow the caller to specify the name of the
> temporary file to be used, but is "out" a good name for that?  The
> other two arguments are self explanatory both by their type and the
> name, but this is of type "const char *" that does not convey what
> the string is about at all, so giging a good name to the parameter
> is more important than for others.
> 
> The patch text itself is very straight-forward.  Thanks.
I agree that the patch is nice and simple.

As for a name, this parameter specifies a file prefix. Perhaps 'pack_prefix' would be a good name for this?

Thanks, -Stolee

Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Taylor Blau
Message 4 of 14 in “repack: implement `--expire-to` option”
  1. 0/4 repack: implement `--expire-to` optionTaylor Blau, Oct 24, 2022
  2. 1/4 builtin/repack.c: pass "out" to `prepare_pack_objects`Taylor Blau, Oct 24, 2022
  3. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2022
  4. Derrick StoleeNov 7, 2022
  5. 2/4 builtin/repack.c: pass "cruft_expiration" to `write_cruft_pack`Taylor Blau, Oct 24, 2022
  6. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2022
  7. 4/4 builtin/repack.c: implement `--expire-to` for storing pruned objectsTaylor Blau, Oct 24, 2022
  8. Derrick StoleeNov 7, 2022
  9. Taylor BlauNov 7, 2022
  10. 3/4 builtin/repack.c: write cruft packs to arbitrary locationsTaylor Blau, Oct 24, 2022
  11. Junio C HamanoOct 24, 2022
  12. Taylor BlauOct 28, 2022
  13. Derrick StoleeNov 7, 2022
  14. Taylor BlauNov 7, 2022

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