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Re: [PATCH v2 00/38] Virtualization of the refs API

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 7, 2016, 19:20 UTC
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Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu> writes:
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> This is v2 of the patch series to virtualize the references API
> (though earlier patch series similar in spirit were submitted by
> Ronnie Sahlberg and David Turner). Thanks to Junio, Eric, and Ramsay
> for their comments about v1 [1].
>
> Nobody pointed out any fundamental problems with v1, but this version
> includes the following improvements:
Curiously, many of these improvements were already in 'pu'.
> * In "rename_ref_available(): add docstring":
>
>   * Improve docstring as suggested by Junio.

I might have squashed that in myself; it is a long time ago so I don't quite remember.

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> * In "refs: create a base class "ref_store" for files_ref_store":
>
>   * Let main_ref_store and submodule_ref_stores be initialized
>     implicitly rather than initializing them explicitly to NULL.
>
>   * Add docstrings for those two variables.
>
>   * Eliminate a temporary variable in `files_downcast()`.
This was already in what has been in 'pu'.
> * In "resolve_gitlink_ref(): avoid memory allocation in many cases":
>
>   * Instead of keeping track of `orig_len`, after stripping off any
>     trailing slashes check whether `path[len - 1]` is NUL.
This was already in what has been in 'pu'.
> * In "refs: add methods for reflog":
>
>   * Don't export `files_reflog_iterator_begin()` (suggested by
>     Ramsay).
This I can see was missing in what has been in 'pu'.
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Message 48 of 49 in “Virtualization of the refs API”
  1. 00/38 Virtualization of the refs APIMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  2. 06/38 add_packed_ref(): add a files_ref_store argumentMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  3. 02/38 rename_ref_available(): add docstringMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  4. Jakub NarębskiSep 6, 2016
  5. Michael HaggertySep 7, 2016
  6. 01/38 resolve_gitlink_ref(): eliminate temporary variableMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  7. 04/38 refs: add a backend method structureMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  8. David TurnerSep 4, 2016
  9. 07/38 get_packed_ref(): add a files_ref_store argumentMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  10. 14/38 read_raw_ref(): take a (struct ref_store *) argumentMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  11. 10/38 refs: add a transaction_commit() methodMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  12. 03/38 refs: rename struct ref_cache to files_ref_storeMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  13. 16/38 resolve_gitlink_ref(): implement using resolve_ref_recursively()Michael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  14. 18/38 resolve_gitlink_ref(): rename path parameter to submoduleMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  15. 08/38 resolve_missing_loose_ref(): add a files_ref_store argumentMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  16. 31/38 refs: add method iterator_beginMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  17. 35/38 refs: add methods to init refs dbMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  18. 38/38 refs: implement iteration over only per-worktree refsMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  19. David TurnerSep 8, 2016
  20. 32/38 refs: add methods for reflogMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  21. 33/38 refs: add method for initial ref transaction commitMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  22. 29/38 split_symref_update(): add a files_ref_store argumentMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  23. 37/38 refs: make lock genericMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  24. 30/38 files_ref_iterator_begin(): take a ref_store argumentMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  25. 22/38 refs: make create_symref() virtualMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  26. 15/38 resolve_ref_recursively(): new functionMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  27. 27/38 lock_ref_for_update(): add a files_ref_store argumentMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  28. 36/38 refs: add method to rename refsMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  29. 26/38 commit_ref_update(): add a files_ref_store argumentMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  30. 28/38 lock_ref_sha1_basic(): add a files_ref_store argumentMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  31. 34/38 refs: make delete_refs() virtualMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  32. 12/38 resolve_packed_ref(): rename function from resolve_missing_loose_ref()Michael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  33. 13/38 resolve_gitlink_packed_ref(): remove functionMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  34. 19/38 refs: make read_raw_ref() virtualMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  35. 25/38 lock_raw_ref(): add a files_ref_store argumentMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  36. 11/38 refs: reorder definitionsMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  37. 17/38 resolve_gitlink_ref(): avoid memory allocation in many casesMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  38. 24/38 repack_without_refs(): add a files_ref_store argumentMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  39. 20/38 refs: make verify_refname_available() virtualMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  40. 05/38 refs: create a base class "ref_store" for files_ref_storeMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  41. David TurnerSep 4, 2016
  42. Michael HaggertySep 5, 2016
  43. Stefan BellerSep 5, 2016
  44. David TurnerSep 5, 2016
  45. 09/38 {lock,commit,rollback}_packed_refs(): add files_ref_store argumentsMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  46. 21/38 refs: make pack_refs() virtualMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  47. 23/38 refs: make peel_ref() virtualMichael Haggerty, Sep 4, 2016
  48. Junio C HamanoSep 7, 2016
  49. Michael HaggertySep 8, 2016

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