From: Han-Wen Nienhuys <hanwen@xs4all.nl>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:41:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Extend cat-file to take multiple arguments or read input from stdin.
Message-ID: <fhgitt$b8d$1@ger.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711150432420.4362@racer.site>

Johannes Schindelin escreveu:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> 
>> With this functionality, the entire object database can be dumped with a 
>> limited number of processes: two cat-file processes for discovering size 
>> and type, and one cat-file process per type.
> 
> IMHO a better idea would be a counterpart to fast-import, probably called 
> "fast-export".  You'd need only one process then, and it would not only be 
> faster, but would be usable by even more people, I guess.

I know, and that's what I was thinking. However, I was hoping someone else 
would pick up the hint :-)

I suppose fast-export would just be cat-file with a different name and  
slightly saner interface.  How about

  type <sha1> <newline>
  size <sha1> <newline>
  dump <type> <sha1> <newline>

?

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