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Re: [RFC/PATCH v3 00/16] Add initial experimental external ODB support

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 30, 2016, 22:36 UTC
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Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com> writes:
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> For now there should be one odb ref per blob. Each ref name should be
> refs/odbs/<odbname>/<sha1> where <sha1> is the sha1 of the blob stored
> in the external odb named <odbname>.
>
> These odb refs should all point to a blob that should be stored in the
> Git repository and contain information about the blob stored in the
> external odb. This information can be specific to the external odb.
> The repos can then share this information using commands like:
>
> `git fetch origin "refs/odbs/<odbname>/*:refs/odbs/<odbname>/*"`

Unless this is designed to serve only a handful of blobs, I cannot see how this design would scale successfully. I notice you wrote "For now" at the beginning, but what is the envisioned way this will evolve in the future?

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Message 21 of 30 in “Add initial experimental external ODB support”
  1. 00/16 Add initial experimental external ODB supportChristian Couder, Nov 30, 2016
  2. 05/16 t0400: add test for 'put' commandChristian Couder, Nov 30, 2016
  3. 06/16 external odb: add write supportChristian Couder, Nov 30, 2016
  4. 16/16 t0420: add test with HTTP external odbChristian Couder, Nov 30, 2016
  5. 15/16 odb-helper: add 'store_plain_objects' to 'struct odb_helper'Christian Couder, Nov 30, 2016
  6. 14/16 lib-httpd: add apache-e-odb.confChristian Couder, Nov 30, 2016
  7. 01/16 Add initial external odb supportChristian Couder, Nov 30, 2016
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2016
  9. Jeff KingNov 30, 2016
  10. Christian CouderAug 3, 2017
  11. Christian CouderAug 3, 2017
  12. Jeff KingAug 3, 2017
  13. 09/16 Add GIT_NO_EXTERNAL_ODB env variableChristian Couder, Nov 30, 2016
  14. 10/16 Add t0410 to test external ODB transferChristian Couder, Nov 30, 2016
  15. 13/16 lib-httpd: add list.shChristian Couder, Nov 30, 2016
  16. 11/16 lib-httpd: pass config file to start_httpd()Christian Couder, Nov 30, 2016
  17. 07/16 external-odb: accept only blobs for nowChristian Couder, Nov 30, 2016
  18. 03/16 t0400: use --batch-all-objects to get all objectsChristian Couder, Nov 30, 2016
  19. 02/16 external odb foreachChristian Couder, Nov 30, 2016
  20. 12/16 lib-httpd: add upload.shChristian Couder, Nov 30, 2016
  21. Junio C HamanoNov 30, 2016
  22. Christian CouderDec 13, 2016
  23. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2016
  24. Christian CouderDec 15, 2016
  25. 04/16 t0400: add 'put' command to odb-helper scriptChristian Couder, Nov 30, 2016
  26. 08/16 t0400: add test for external odb write supportChristian Couder, Nov 30, 2016
  27. Lars SchneiderDec 3, 2016
  28. Jeff KingDec 5, 2016
  29. Christian CouderDec 13, 2016
  30. Lars SchneiderDec 18, 2016

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