From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60AB12022A for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:35:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932899AbcJYJfW (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Oct 2016 05:35:22 -0400 Received: from mail-yw0-f181.google.com ([209.85.161.181]:34040 "EHLO mail-yw0-f181.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932305AbcJYJfV (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Oct 2016 05:35:21 -0400 Received: by mail-yw0-f181.google.com with SMTP id w3so961574ywg.1 for ; Tue, 25 Oct 2016 02:35:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=6boTyRlh0aygcRJNHDd1wzq9hqbfyvuxrzfGHl/IKzE=; b=X2JGh2s846q11PrGHZ24QjR9veUNPSFzGCZ4AinzSscsMAuhGoLjKjU3eIaK2jMbJ8 r6hOLmJoMIYZwX3s/NOII6/xBkCejKrMh6BBNJBr3JB3x2dp+abZ3mE/JyGyOV2SYT5x XXMl/rHkkRKkzW/GmO0vHhjtWSBSMGgmfFIt86d7XJ1XwHW9axNQc59yg48/rrqpEFHI sLt2AG2bJOOw/ZDA1T/j2ZGL+2A8FYOf4lOmYMr/8pM7CXtt6s0xs2SGn+ptOlYlc+nj nPDQdKh/KH8XqwZcQxpmCdydWjQ2vCLBXe1vt/2PbiSpjcfpn7Nl+/Sx5PDIlX/0EVo/ jzJA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=6boTyRlh0aygcRJNHDd1wzq9hqbfyvuxrzfGHl/IKzE=; b=k2QNBzw2BArxUucJoy4rhglbq6zwyKPSeobyXY4fOaLmwPzN8GDZ3vDonwFHE46f4T iLEQEWc2p9yOMyn0oDwC5T0Fca0IIDaHufY4WPPmA3jJzLwVv8fwg0yaLCYjt7zIckG3 3qJTmrnwicqw+BOSm3G37f4e/B7YSvl3kBccx+f9TAh5SHvS3pu69Rw/c3CJy6qaO8Al 2D4K92aa95h82lAgmo44BxlONvqwTyToRoHbc0gi0YoykpYR7euHs6K7ABjkPo1gF32n 7K0JKeGIdd9Y69d+ttyjOp/ZKBdtb/dUP7XD3Iz0ulDYYviObmKrS6o8W92Bj4QewK3I kWqQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ABUngvfgQQy6YZx0aDP4x/UdxdMawyiw005j4GTkwCtxsfb/gu+9oaXzosFB6O5JO/SpvxwgeZiH0ecrecJpOg== X-Received: by 10.36.118.82 with SMTP id z79mr1000665itb.74.1477388120543; Tue, 25 Oct 2016 02:35:20 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.64.164.102 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Oct 2016 02:34:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <20160928114348.1470-1-pclouds@gmail.com> <20161024104222.31128-1-pclouds@gmail.com> From: Duy Nguyen Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 16:34:50 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] nd/ita-empty-commit update To: Junio C Hamano Cc: Git Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 12:58 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: >> The name ita-invisible-in-index is not perfect but I could not think >> of any better. Another name could be diff-cached-ignores-ita, but >> that's just half of what it does. The other half is diff-files-includes-ita... > > I can't either, and it is one of the reasons why I am reluctant. > Not being able to be named with a short-and-sweet name often is a > sign that the thing to be named is conceptually not well thought > out. It's implementation detail leak, and probably why naming it for "normal" people is so hard. Whatever the name is must somehow imply "so these i-t-a markers actually live in the index and considered real index entries, associated to empty blob, most of the time..." > But as we need to give it some name to the flat to ease > experimenting, let's take that name as-is. -- Duy