From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, Vincent van Ravesteijn <vfr@lyx.org>,
John Keeping <john@keeping.me.uk>,
Ramkumar Ramachandra <artagnon@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>,
Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] build: get rid of the notion of a git library
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:01:15 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMP44s3SL7qs-Pmfz=kV-4U5OnPedK2RDLZDOyU-eq8WebLt+Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vd2rsbjgr.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:17 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Moreover, if you are going to argue that we shouldn't be closing the
>> door, then why not link ./builtin/*.o to libgit.a?
>
> Huh? It does not make any sense. builtin/*.o files have cmd_foo()
> that are expected to be called from git.c::main(), but libgit.a
> files are linked with no constraints whose main() they are linking
> with.
>> If you are
>> seriously considering the highly unlikely hypothetical standalone
>> git-filter-branch scenario, you should consider the even more likely
>> scenario where somebody needs to access code from ./builtin/*.o; that
>> scenario is not even hypothetical, we know it's happened multiple
>> times, and we know it's going to happen again.
>
> That is exactly why I said that builtin/*.o should be refactored to
> pick "does not have to be in builtin" bits, which will result in a
> better division of labor. Reusable bits should live in the library,
> while a particular implementation of command remain in builtin/*
> that utilize the reusable bits.
>
> You still haven't justified why we have to _forbid_ any outside
> callers from calling copy_notes_for_rewrite().
Because only builtins _should_ use it. I asked you for an example, and
you said a hypothetical standalone 'git-filter-branch' might use it,
but you have not explained why it should be standalone, when it's
clear it should be a builtin.
If we assume your argument is valid for the hypothetical
'git-filter-branch', if that's the case, then it would be even more
reasonable to assume that there will be other standalone binaries that
would want to use all sort of functions from ./builtin/*.o. Let's put
an example: reset_index(). Some standalone program wants to use that
function. What do you we do?
The shortest route is to make it non-static, and add it to builtin.h.
But that would not be enough, we need the infrastructure prepared for
that; link libgit.a with ./builtin/*.o.
I don't think that's the way to go, but your line of argumentation
leads directly there; if we are worrying about anything that any
potential standalone program could want, then we should worry about
reset_index() not being easily accessible to them.
IMO we should be clear and say no; standalone programs should not
access copy_notes_for_rewrite(), that's for builtins. If we move all
the code that potential standalone programs could want to libgit.a, it
wouldn't be a library at all, and it would basically contain
everything.
--
Felipe Contreras
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-11 19:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-08 17:29 [PATCH] build: get rid of the notion of a git library Felipe Contreras
2013-06-08 18:02 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-06-08 18:22 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-09 14:56 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-06-09 15:12 ` John Keeping
2013-06-09 15:40 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-09 16:02 ` John Keeping
2013-06-09 16:22 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-09 16:42 ` John Keeping
2013-06-09 17:03 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-06-09 17:12 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-06-09 17:13 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-09 17:32 ` John Keeping
2013-06-09 17:45 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-09 16:36 ` Ramkumar Ramachandra
2013-06-09 17:30 ` Vincent van Ravesteijn
2013-06-09 17:35 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-10 21:45 ` Jeff King
2013-06-10 21:52 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-10 22:06 ` Jeff King
2013-06-10 22:22 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-10 23:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-06-10 23:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-06-10 23:51 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-11 0:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-06-11 1:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-06-11 4:15 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-11 17:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-06-11 17:41 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-11 17:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-06-11 18:06 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-11 18:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-06-11 19:15 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-11 19:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-06-11 20:12 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-12 0:12 ` [PATCH 0/3] Refactor useful notes functions into notes-utils.[ch] Johan Herland
2013-06-12 0:12 ` [PATCH 1/3] finish_copy_notes_for_rewrite(): Let caller provide commit message Johan Herland
2013-06-12 17:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-06-12 0:13 ` [PATCH 2/3] Move copy_note_for_rewrite + friends from builtin/notes.c to notes-utils.c Johan Herland
2013-06-12 0:32 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-12 7:10 ` Johan Herland
2013-06-12 18:28 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-12 19:14 ` Johan Herland
2013-06-12 19:18 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-13 6:45 ` Andreas Krey
2013-06-13 13:13 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-12 20:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-06-12 0:13 ` [PATCH 3/3] Move create_notes_commit() from notes-merge.c into notes-utils.c Johan Herland
2013-06-12 20:02 ` [PATCH 0/3] Refactor useful notes functions into notes-utils.[ch] Junio C Hamano
2013-06-12 20:11 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-13 17:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-06-13 18:16 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-13 18:50 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-11 18:17 ` [PATCH] build: get rid of the notion of a git library Junio C Hamano
2013-06-11 19:01 ` Felipe Contreras [this message]
2013-06-11 19:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-06-11 19:49 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-11 4:04 ` Felipe Contreras
2013-06-09 15:41 ` Felipe Contreras
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