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Re: Hackontest ideas?

From
Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 29, 2008, 02:12 UTC
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On 7/29/08, Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 08:55:32AM +0700, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:
>  > On 7/29/08, Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> wrote:
>  > > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 05:55:45PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>  > >  > Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz> writes:
>  > >  >
>  > >  > > (What feature in Git or a Git-related tool would you implement, given 24
>  > >  > > hours staight and unlimited pizza supply?)
>  > >  >
>  > >  > "Use 'assume unchanged' bit to implement narrow checkout".
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > I think Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy is already working on this? (Though I think
>  > >  he does not use the assume unchanged bit; but this will be likely done
>  > >  before the end of September.)
>  >
>  > You are welcome to do ;) I got to narrow checkout from subtree
>  > checkout where 'assume unchanged' bit was unapplicable so my approach
>  > is a bit different, but probably 'assume unchanged' bit is the right
>  > way to go.
>
>
> But I rather liked the elegancy of just narrowing this down to a
>  particular subtree. Is there really a good reason to generalize this
>  further?

I think because it's doable and people do need to narrow to more than one subtree sometimes. Also it would solve ".git* in parent directories" problem that is really hard if you strictly do "narrow down to a particular subtree".

-- 
Duy
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Message 10 of 21 in “Hackontest ideas?”
  1. Petr BaudisJul 29, 2008
  2. Miklos VajnaJul 29, 2008
  3. Shawn O. PearceJul 29, 2008
  4. Petr BaudisJul 29, 2008
  5. TarmiganJul 29, 2008
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2008
  7. Petr BaudisJul 29, 2008
  8. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 29, 2008
  9. Petr BaudisJul 29, 2008
  10. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 29, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 29, 2008
  12. Jakub NarebskiJul 29, 2008
  13. git-svn and svn:externals, was Re: Hackontest ideas?Johannes Schindelin, Jul 29, 2008
  14. Jakub NarebskiJul 29, 2008
  15. Johannes SchindelinJul 29, 2008
  16. Avery PennarunJul 29, 2008
  17. Luciano RochaJul 29, 2008
  18. Johannes SchindelinJul 29, 2008
  19. Eric WongAug 3, 2008
  20. Johannes SchindelinAug 3, 2008
  21. Eric WongAug 3, 2008

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