Re: What's cooking in git.git (Apr 2015, #01; Thu, 2)

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Apr 3, 2015, 21:28 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqpp7kgaus.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <155011F7-1806-4226-B085-F1F4206062C6@gmail.com>

"Kyle J. McKay" <mackyle@gmail.com> writes:

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> On Apr 2, 2015, at 15:09, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> * jc/show-branch (2014-03-24) 5 commits
>> - show-branch: use commit slab to represent bitflags of arbitrary
>> width
>> - show-branch.c: remove "all_mask"
>> - show-branch.c: abstract out "flags" operation
>> - show-branch.c: lift all_mask/all_revs to a global static
>> - show-branch.c: update comment style
>>
>> Waiting for the final step to lift the hard-limit before sending it
>> out.
>
>
> May I ask, now that this topic is over 1-year old, please, what is the
> final step?

It would be to "lift the hard-limit"; all the existing changes are to allow the limit to be lifted by moving from "bits in a word-sized field" to "commit-slab that can hold arbitrary number of bits".

>
> Perhaps someone might submit a patch... ;)
>
> -Kyle