Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Kent Fredric <kentfredric@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Git copy detection (was: My masterplan for git migration...)
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 23:27:06
Message-Id: CAATnKFCCYe0SBqr-sS4Ko+C_iUWCK+Xh=zu3X8-Mhx6pxZ4fjg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Git copy detection (was: My masterplan for git migration...) by Diamond
1 On 19 September 2014 10:13, Diamond <diamond@××××××.ru> wrote:
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3 > P.S. As you see from description this option affects git performance.
4 > So, we probably can arrive at a conclusion that git itself isn't good
5 > at all for package management. Maybe there are better architectural
6 > decisions for that.
7 >
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9 Well. Yes. You're doing more because you want to get more out.
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11 Or did you expect git to find potential copies from your whole repository
12 for /no/ increase in performance cost?
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14 That's why it defaults to off, for performance.
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16 ( And because not everyone wants it on by default, because its somewhat a
17 subjective aesthetic choice )
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21 Kent
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23 *KENTNL* - https://metacpan.org/author/KENTNL