Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] Implement ref namespaces as a ref storage backend

2017-08-30 Thread Richard Maw
On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 06:17:07PM +0200, Michael Haggerty wrote: > On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 9:36 PM, Richard Maw wrote: > > [...] > > Fortunately the pluggable ref backends work provided an easier starting > > point. > > :-) I'm glad my years-long obsession is finally

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] Implement ref namespaces as a ref storage backend

2017-08-24 Thread Michael Haggerty
On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 9:36 PM, Richard Maw wrote: > Forewarning: I don't consider this work complete > and am unlikely to find time to finish it any time soon. > I've mostly sent this because it may include valuable feedback > on how well the ref storage backends works >

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] Implement ref namespaces as a ref storage backend

2017-08-24 Thread Richard Maw
On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 10:13:22AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Richard Maw writes: > > > This is not my first attempt to improve the git namespace handling in git. > > I tried last year, but it took me so long that all the ref handling code > > changed > > and I would

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] Implement ref namespaces as a ref storage backend

2017-08-15 Thread Junio C Hamano
Richard Maw writes: > This is not my first attempt to improve the git namespace handling in git. > I tried last year, but it took me so long that all the ref handling code > changed > and I would have had to start from scratch. > > Fortunately the pluggable ref backends

Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] Implement ref namespaces as a ref storage backend

2017-08-14 Thread Stefan Beller
> Technical description > = > > This patch series adds a new refs backend, stacking on top of the files > backend, > based on whether `core.namespace` is set in git config. Currently there is another Big Thing getting started in in the refs backend.