Re: [PATCH v4 4/7] builtin/repo: introduce stats subcommand

> On 25/09/27 09:32AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > With Devil's advocate hat on, a single command that gives a set of
> > stats that are "key" to a goal of a single use case may not be as
> > useful as a collection of commands, each of which gives stats on one
> > aspect of the repository, that can be combined to help you address
> > various different goals.
> 
> Good points. From my perspective, the benefit of having a single command
> here is to provide a simple means to generate a report of the general
> repository shape. In this context, "key stats" reflect certain
> charactistics about the repository that may be concerning performance
> wise for typical repository operations or just of interest in general.
> 
> One of the motivations here is to enable a user to easily generate such
> a report and be able to share it with others that may not have access to
> the underlying repository.
> 
> I think this still could leave room for more fine-grained commands that
> can surface more targeted information about a repository with other
> goals in mind in the future though.