From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>,
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/9] rebase -i: generate the script via rebase--helper
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 20:11:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq4lx5i83q.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: alpine.DEB.2.20.1704281711540.3480@virtualbox
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> In that case, I would strongly advise to consider redesigning the API.
The API we currently have and is used by "log", "rev-list" and
friends is to have setup_revisions() parse the av[], i.e. the
textual API, and it is sufficient to hide from the caller the
implementation detail of what bit rev_info structure has and which
bits are flipped when reacting to say "--format=..." option [*1*].
As the implementaiton detail of which bits are flipped when reacting
to each options is _not_ the API, we are essentially left with two
choices: write this series to the current textual API, or invent an
alternate API [*2*] and write this series to that new API.
Besides, the original was already using the textual interface to
set-up the revision traversal machinery (after all, it was a shell
script that invoked rev-list), and the series attempts a faithful
rewrite of it in C; writing to the current textual API is a
future-proof way to do so, and something you can do without waiting
for a new API to materialize (that is, assuming that we need an
alternate API, favoured over the current textual API).
[Footnote]
*1* You'll notice that there already are (and were in 2010) users
that cheated and peeked into the implementation detail by
looking at unnecessary places the patch that added pretty_given
bit; some of the places it needed to touch probably didn't have
to be touched if they were writing to the API and had their av[]
parsed.
*2* Quite honestly, I do not get how much you would gain dumping the
current API. It uses the same codepath "git rev-list" and
friends use to parse the requests by the end-users and scripts,
guaranteeing that it will stay stable, unlike the underlying
implementation that may and will change. And the set-up of the
machinery is not even the expensive part anyway.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-05-01 3:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 100+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-02 16:22 [PATCH 0/9] The final building block for a faster rebase -i Johannes Schindelin
2016-09-02 16:23 ` [PATCH 1/9] rebase -i: generate the script via rebase--helper Johannes Schindelin
2016-09-02 16:23 ` [PATCH 2/9] rebase -i: remove useless indentation Johannes Schindelin
2016-09-02 16:23 ` [PATCH 3/9] rebase -i: do not invent onelines when expanding/collapsing SHA-1s Johannes Schindelin
2016-09-02 16:23 ` [PATCH 4/9] rebase -i: also expand/collapse the SHA-1s via the rebase--helper Johannes Schindelin
2016-09-02 20:56 ` Dennis Kaarsemaker
2016-09-03 7:01 ` Johannes Schindelin
2016-09-02 16:23 ` [PATCH 5/9] t3404: relax rebase.missingCommitsCheck tests Johannes Schindelin
2016-09-02 16:23 ` [PATCH 6/9] rebase -i: check for missing commits in the rebase--helper Johannes Schindelin
2016-09-02 20:59 ` Dennis Kaarsemaker
2016-09-02 16:23 ` [PATCH 7/9] rebase -i: skip unnecessary picks using " Johannes Schindelin
2016-09-02 16:23 ` [PATCH 8/9] t3415: test fixup with wrapped oneline Johannes Schindelin
2016-09-02 16:23 ` [PATCH 9/9] rebase -i: rearrange fixup/squash lines using the rebase--helper Johannes Schindelin
2016-09-03 18:03 ` Josh Triplett
2016-09-04 6:47 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-25 13:51 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] The final building block for a faster rebase -i Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-25 13:51 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] rebase -i: generate the script via rebase--helper Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 10:45 ` Jeff King
2017-04-26 11:34 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-25 13:51 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] rebase -i: remove useless indentation Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-25 13:51 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] rebase -i: do not invent onelines when expanding/collapsing SHA-1s Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-25 13:51 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] rebase -i: also expand/collapse the SHA-1s via the rebase--helper Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-25 13:52 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] t3404: relax rebase.missingCommitsCheck tests Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-25 13:52 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] rebase -i: check for missing commits in the rebase--helper Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-25 13:52 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] rebase -i: skip unnecessary picks using " Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 10:55 ` Jeff King
2017-04-26 11:31 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-25 13:52 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] t3415: test fixup with wrapped oneline Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-25 13:52 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] rebase -i: rearrange fixup/squash lines using the rebase--helper Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 3:32 ` [PATCH v2 0/9] The final building block for a faster rebase -i Junio C Hamano
2017-04-26 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 " Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 1/9] rebase -i: generate the script via rebase--helper Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-27 4:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-27 14:18 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-28 0:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-28 2:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-28 15:13 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-01 3:11 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2017-05-01 11:47 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-28 10:08 ` Phillip Wood
2017-04-28 19:22 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-01 10:06 ` Phillip Wood
2017-05-01 11:58 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-01 0:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-01 11:06 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 2/9] rebase -i: remove useless indentation Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 3/9] rebase -i: do not invent onelines when expanding/collapsing SHA-1s Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 4/9] rebase -i: also expand/collapse the SHA-1s via the rebase--helper Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-27 5:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-27 6:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-27 21:44 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-28 0:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-28 15:15 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 5/9] t3404: relax rebase.missingCommitsCheck tests Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-27 5:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-27 22:01 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 11:59 ` [PATCH v3 6/9] rebase -i: check for missing commits in the rebase--helper Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-27 5:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-28 15:10 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 12:00 ` [PATCH v3 7/9] rebase -i: skip unnecessary picks using " Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 12:00 ` [PATCH v3 8/9] t3415: test fixup with wrapped oneline Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-26 12:00 ` [PATCH v3 9/9] rebase -i: rearrange fixup/squash lines using the rebase--helper Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-28 21:30 ` [PATCH v4 00/10] The final building block for a faster rebase -i Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-28 21:31 ` [PATCH v4 01/10] t3415: verify that an empty instructionFormat is handled as before Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-28 21:31 ` [PATCH v4 02/10] rebase -i: generate the script via rebase--helper Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-26 3:15 ` Liam Beguin
2017-05-29 10:59 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-30 15:57 ` liam Beguin
2017-05-30 18:19 ` liam Beguin
2017-05-29 6:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-29 10:54 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-30 4:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-05-30 14:59 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-30 15:08 ` revision API design, was " Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-30 22:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-06-01 6:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-04-28 21:31 ` [PATCH v4 03/10] rebase -i: remove useless indentation Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-26 3:15 ` Liam Beguin
2017-05-26 17:50 ` Stefan Beller
2017-05-27 3:15 ` liam Beguin
2017-04-28 21:32 ` [PATCH v4 04/10] rebase -i: do not invent onelines when expanding/collapsing SHA-1s Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-28 21:32 ` [PATCH v4 05/10] rebase -i: also expand/collapse the SHA-1s via the rebase--helper Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-26 3:15 ` Liam Beguin
2017-05-29 11:20 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-28 21:32 ` [PATCH v4 06/10] t3404: relax rebase.missingCommitsCheck tests Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-28 21:32 ` [PATCH v4 07/10] rebase -i: check for missing commits in the rebase--helper Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-28 21:32 ` [PATCH v4 08/10] rebase -i: skip unnecessary picks using " Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-28 21:32 ` [PATCH v4 09/10] t3415: test fixup with wrapped oneline Johannes Schindelin
2017-04-28 21:33 ` [PATCH v4 10/10] rebase -i: rearrange fixup/squash lines using the rebase--helper Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-26 3:16 ` Liam Beguin
2017-05-29 11:26 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-26 3:15 ` [PATCH v4 00/10] The final building block for a faster rebase -i Liam Beguin
2017-05-27 16:23 ` René Scharfe
2017-05-29 10:51 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-29 12:50 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-05-30 15:44 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-30 20:22 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-05-31 18:46 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-05-29 10:56 ` Johannes Schindelin
2017-05-29 8:30 ` Junio C Hamano
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