Re: [RFC/WIP] range-diff: show old/new blob OIDs in comments

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Oct 23, 2019, 04:11 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq5zkghzid.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <20191023015629.GA15495@dcvr>

Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> writes:

> What Konstantin said about git repos being transient.
> It wasn't too much work to recreate those blobs from
> scratch since git-apply has done it since 2005.

;-)

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> We could get around transient repos with automatic mirroring
> bots which never deletes or overwrites anything published.
> That includes preserving pre-force-push data in case of
> force pushes.
>
>> Instead, we will have to rely on your centralized, non-distributed
>> service...
>
> I'm curious how you came to believe that, since that's the
> opposite of what public-inbox has always been intended to be.

I think the (mis)perception comes from the fact that the website and the newsfeed you give are both too easy to use and directly attract end users, instead of enticing them to keep their own mirrors for offline use.

Thanks for injecting dose of sanity.