From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:07:30 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] refs: add GIT_REF_URI to specify reference backend and directory
Message-ID: <xmqq34675pz1.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <87pl9b5wos.fsf@iotcl.com>

Toon Claes <toon@iotcl.com> writes:

>>     <ref_backend>://<path>
>
> I like this idea. This would allow us in the future to also do something
> like:
>
>     reftable+nfs://10.11.12.13/ref-dir

I actually thought from Karthik's definition that what you are
trying to say is spelled more like this:

    reftable://nfs://10.11.12.13/ref-dir

IOW, the underlying URI to "reach the resource" is in the <path>
part (i.e., "nfs://<addr>/<directory>").  And I found it somewhat a
strange syntax, because the "to reach the resource, visit this" URI
may not necessarily look like <path>, and I also wondered if
spelling it like <ref_backend>:<URI-for-resource> is more
appropriate.