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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: fast-import tweaks for remote helpers
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 11:16:33 -0600
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Sam Vilain wrote:

> What happened to --report-fd ?

The patch still works.  The main problem with report-fd is that it
introduced a synchronization point after every commit: the frontend
has to read the commit id before fast-import will continue.

So if the reports can be made optional ("report _this_ commit") or
batched ("report all marked commits") then the result would be easier
to use imho.

>> (In the back of my mind, I have the idea of using a
>> file that allows O(1) access, perhaps of the form
>>
>>	<commit name for rev 1>  NL
>>	<commit name for rev 2>  NL
>>	...
>
> This doesn't scale to many branches

Right.  Another reason to delay getting rid of the git branch with the
full repo.