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On 1/14/10 1:49 PM, Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: |
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> Besides this, there is the problem of accommodating people who use a |
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> subtree of gentoo-x86, and those who don't want the entire CVS history |
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> on their hard drives. In summation, robbat2 needs *our* help in the |
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> following: |
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> a) Push functionality in shallow clones (patches exist upstream) |
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> b) Partial-tree checkouts (patches exist upstream) |
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> c) Optimize git so it can handle 30,000 files |
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> - Maybe maintain a cache of directory timestamps and only stat() |
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> directories? |
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> - Implement recursive timestamps on directories in various |
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> filesystems and then in git (via xattrs perhaps)? People want to do |
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> this for things like Tracker too. Prelim patches might exist. |
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> d) Implement scripts/infra for people to fetch repository (shallow and |
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> deep) bundles to initialize their local git clones (similar to portage |
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> snapshots) |
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> - git clone from scratch taxes the server too much, just like |
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> rsync from scratch |
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> e) Server-side scripts for pushing to CIA.vc for pretty stats like we do in CVS |
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> - We want this for overlays right now too. |
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> f) (Optional) Fix http cloning in git to make it "smarter" to help |
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> people behind firewalls get anonymous clones (patches exist upstream) |
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> |
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> Did I miss something Robin? |
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It would be nice to post that info to a webpage. That could increase a |
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chance of a volunteer contributing some help. |
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Note in advance: I don't know git internals, so can't help at this moment. |
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