From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 17:59:31 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/5] list-objects-filter: implement composite filters
Message-ID: <xmqqh89e31fg.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <2b47d4b1-ea62-d59e-77e0-d95dfad084e0@jeffhostetler.com>

Jeff Hostetler <git@jeffhostetler.com> writes:

> In the RFC version, there was discussion [2] of the wire format
> and the need to be backwards compatible with existing servers and
> so use the "combine:" syntax so that we only have a single filter
> line on the wire.  Would it be better to have compliant servers
> advertise a "filters" (plural) capability in addition to the
> existing "filter" (singular) capability?  Then the client would
> know that it could send a series of filter lines using the existing
> syntax.  Likewise, if the "filters" capability was omitted, the
> client could error out without the extra round-trip.

All good ideas.