Re: [RFC PATCH 00/10] An attempt to move packfile funcs to its own file

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 8, 2017, 21:04 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqvalxahzt.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170808134335.2834cb3d@twelve2.svl.corp.google.com>

Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> writes:

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> What do you mean by "keep the exposed surface area small enough"? If you
> mean the total number of exposed functions in sha1_file and pack (once
> everything is done), I think it will be almost the same as that
> currently in sha1_file.
> ...
> During this patch set, there might be some functions that need to be
> temporarily made global, but those are reverted to static in the end.

That is exactly what I meant.

> As stated above, I don't think so, but I'll make a list of the functions
> needing to be made global.

Good.

Thanks.

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