From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 21:27:30 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/14] commit-graph: create git-commit-graph builtin
Message-ID: <xmqqzi4jp3y5.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <1518122258-157281-4-git-send-email-dstolee@microsoft.com>

Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> writes:

> Teach git the 'commit-graph' builtin that will be used for writing and
> reading packed graph files. The current implementation is mostly
> empty, except for a '--pack-dir' option.

Why do we want to use "pack" dir, when this is specifically designed
not tied to packfile?  .git/objects/pack/ certainly is a possibility
in the sense that anywhere inside .git/objects/ would make sense,
but using the "pack" dir smells like signalling a wrong message to
users.