From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 15:47:09 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/13] reftable: utility functions
Message-ID: <xmqqo8l6ku0y.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2010131405380.50@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> Somewhat related: I was wondering whether it would make sense for git.git
> to rename `strbuf` to `git_buf`? Would that make it easier to exchange
> code between the two projects? Or would it just be unnecessary churn?

To us, "git_buf" is just as descriptive as "buf" and does not say
anything about the nature of 'buf' (other than apparently it was
invented and widely used here).  "git_strbuf" I can understand, but
why should we?