Re: [PATCH 00/30] [RFC] extensions.refFormat and packed-refs v2 file format

[Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 3:31 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com> writes:
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> > On 11/11/22 6:28 PM, Elijah Newren wrote:
> >> On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 11:01 AM Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
> >> <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have been and am still offline and haven't examined this proposal
> in detail, but would it be a better longer-term approach to improve
> reftable backend, instead of piling more effort on loose+packed
> filesystem based backend?

Well, Stolee explicitly brought this up multiple times in his cover
letter with various arguments about why he thinks this approach is a
better way to move us on the path towards improved ref handling, and
doesn't see it as excluding the reftable option but just opening us up
to more incremental (and incrementally testable) improvements.  This
question came up early and often in the cover letter; he even ends
with a "Relationship to reftable" section.

But he is clearly open to feedback about whether others agree or
disagree with his thesis.

(I haven't looked much at reftable, so I can't opine on that question,
but Stolee's approach did seem eminently easier to review.  I did have
some questions about his proposal(s) because I didn't quite understand
them, in part due to being unfamiliar with the area.)