From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 2021 05:25:57 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/3] Cloning with remote unborn HEAD
Message-ID: <xmqq5z372ihm.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <cover.1612493309.git.jonathantanmy@google.com>

Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> writes:

> For what it's worth, here's v7 with advertise/allow/ignore and by
> default, advertise. I think that some server operators will have use for
> this feature, and people who want to disable it for whatever reason can
> still do so. The main disadvantage is complexity - the server knob that
> server administrators will need to control (but between a simpler
> allow/ignore knob and a more complicated advertise/allow/ignore knob, I
> think we might as well go for the slightly more complex one) and
> complexity in the code (but now that is constrained to one function and
> a few global variables).
>
> As you can see from the range-diff, not much has changed from v6.
>
> I've also included Junio's suggestion of tightening the promise made by
> the server (when the client says "unborn").

This looks reasonable overall, especially with the feature turned on
by default, we'd hopefully get reasonable exposure from the get-go.

Let's mark the topic to be merged to 'next' soonish, unless people
object.

Thanks.