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=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,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 57315201A7 for ; Sat, 20 May 2017 21:38:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756180AbdETViB (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 May 2017 17:38:01 -0400 Received: from mail-pf0-f173.google.com ([209.85.192.173]:36643 "EHLO mail-pf0-f173.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755988AbdETViA (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 May 2017 17:38:00 -0400 Received: by mail-pf0-f173.google.com with SMTP id m17so54539933pfg.3 for ; Sat, 20 May 2017 14:38:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=90ToygSz0eioYvfEjcHSgEyZkKWSkaxZ/EyPj19tJcE=; b=aL7h3SWT4fdMYMaW9i13rJKdjMrBKhsoT12rY7m1PHdT5f/f6nIOoxtJpMetA8DKag t6rd4cnjKaRxwxfcMRspA+UpBmoYe6sD9Gzv6OMgblxOx70Ur1rrGRceMMJ3FMKiQwch oCXt0rReV3J6jzLMi/v/lBP8vL2Luqp2K3o2XAfMWt7maFY0ewcFJD/IYT47H9aEAep7 pKHBkEXaAQTZ/LdD5buJLkFBvPaNtKVuWFsMU80bH5b+964H0GQiyeo0AjkXyq/F1OGc KzAMjztjIky7+Tr5bJ2eT/koB/Q8sxXRs+e6Czk6u/5MeBOxSYzTMcMZ5LPWDCnUbOk5 LCmQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=90ToygSz0eioYvfEjcHSgEyZkKWSkaxZ/EyPj19tJcE=; b=d1NECZzbnjwhdm4ie6Qc3KPglDC2PhXtJ4EZCZY9UTadBNU4bcrNPvETE5fekHPWJP jK3XX8m89SZWBdElsAIx5uc53jJ3gERfxhaYBZ8GJ/wsFY519k7AZugQH3O1lcKC6mqn brxCzTit3qCEhBBdbhC4Ya3UY4ovs3HUb6vZi+VlF9dELd9dLjHZuj+zZYunVc+u8qtl KuSgMCKPNKfThoT5Cr5a+8gWXljxprJXoyNVLDzrgqd5fgnFwpimDRezmFjZ3rHf5S3S N/r/ya7jPEbt+5pLqLHvUNedAxiG2u8+OoXoTabZ22KEM3kqqMAmP26RQRBfGE2b1e8n 1zzQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AODbwcDtXwPpKzmWSxDfNgfgTUqyejUzAmC8J5vtHY0pTydDDOfTfFKI FOt00Vi72hE4O49914WTpVuUVrbgG2aE X-Received: by 10.84.228.207 with SMTP id y15mr19191530pli.172.1495316280169; Sat, 20 May 2017 14:38:00 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.170.200 with HTTP; Sat, 20 May 2017 14:37:59 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20170518232134.163059-1-bmwill@google.com> References: <20170518232134.163059-1-bmwill@google.com> From: Stefan Beller Date: Sat, 20 May 2017 14:37:59 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [WIP/RFC 00/23] repository object To: Brandon Williams Cc: "git@vger.kernel.org" , Johannes Schindelin , Junio C Hamano , Jeff King , Jonathan Nieder , Duy Nguyen 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 Thu, May 18, 2017 at 4:21 PM, Brandon Williams wrote: > This is still very much in a WIP state, though it does pass all tests. What > I'm hoping for here is to get a discussion started about the feasibility of a > change like this and hopefully to get the ball rolling. Is this a direction we > want to move in? Is it worth the pain? I would be really happy to see this series land eventually. The introduction of a repo object will deliver performance at a higher level, such as * (remarked by Ben): enabling of threading * submodules do not need to spawn processes * I would imagine that developer velocity will go up by having less global state in the long run. Thanks for working on this. Stefan