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 yielding fruit. > > First

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 > from trying to use it to

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 have had to start from s

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 work provided an easier s

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. https://public-inbox.org/gi

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

2017-08-13 Thread Richard Maw
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 from trying to use it to change how git namespaces work. Introduction I