From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 07:39:17 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] PATH WALK I: The path-walk API
Message-ID: <xmqqa5dmzboa.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <Z0Q7oGF6Q5U-f4VX@pks.im>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

> The question of course is whether these tools require the path-walk API,
> or whether they could be built on top of existing functionality. But if
> there are good reasons why the existing functionality is insufficient
> then I'd be all for having the path-walk API, even if it doesn't help us
> with repo size reductions as we initially thought.

Is the implied statement that we didn't quite see sufficient rationale
to convince ourselves that a new path-walk machinery is needed?

Thanks.