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From: Eric D <eric.decosta@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	Jeff Hostetler <jeffhost@microsoft.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, Eric DeCosta <edecosta@mathworks.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fsmonitor: option to allow fsmonitor to run against network-mounted repos
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 16:36:57 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAMxJVdH-UbCZYp1hcvy4efEYd33jk0bFosJOtag5S4F9-m3-sg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqbksrlvyb.fsf@gitster.g>

On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 3:50 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> Eric D <eric.decosta@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Makes sense. How about FSMONITOR_OVERRIDE_REQUIRED ? The error message
> > could then indicate that remote repos are normally unsupported but
> > that setting the fsmonitor.allowRemote flag overrides this behavior.
>
> I actually think check_allow_remote() should be renamed to have
> "config" somewhere in its name, and return -1, 0 or 1 and not "enum
> fsmonitor_reason".
>
>         static int check_config_allowremote(...)
>         {
>                 int allow;
>
>                 if (repor_config_get_bool(..., &allow))
>                         return allow;
>                 return -1; /* undecided */
>         }
>
> then caller can do
>
>         switch (check_config_allowremote(...)) {
>         case 0: /* config overrides and disables */
>                 return FSMONITOR_REASON_REMOTE;
>         case 1: /* config overrides and enables */
>                 return FSMONITOR_REASON_OK;
>         default:
>                 break; /* config has no opinion */
>         }
>         return check_smb(...);
>
> > If we do as you suggest above, then fsmonitor.allowRemote=true would
> > override regardless of the protocol being used.
>
> Exactly.  The code should not try to outsmart the user.
>
> If the user says they wants to use it on a particular remote, even
> if you do not know if that particular remote system works, just let
> them try and see if it works.  If it does not, they can easily
> disable, because the enabiling was a deliberate act by them in the
> first place.  They know how to fix it.
>
> Thanks.
>

100% agree with you, thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2022-08-10 20:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-09 17:44 [PATCH] fsmonitor: option to allow fsmonitor to run against network-mounted repos Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-08-10 16:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-10 18:49   ` Eric D
2022-08-10 19:50     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-10 20:36       ` Eric D [this message]
2022-08-10 21:30         ` Eric D
2022-08-10 21:41           ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-11 15:57 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Option to allow fsmonitor to run against repos on network file systems Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-08-11 15:57   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] fsmonitor: option to allow fsmonitor to run against network-mounted repos Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-08-11 15:57   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] fsmonitor.allowRemote now overrides default behavior Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-08-11 16:53     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-11 17:49       ` Eric D
2022-08-11 17:53         ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-11 17:58           ` Eric D
2022-08-11 18:32   ` [PATCH v3] fsmonitor: option to allow fsmonitor to run against network-mounted repos Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-08-11 19:33     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-11 23:57     ` [PATCH v4] " Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-08-12 18:23       ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-15 16:01       ` Jeff Hostetler
2022-08-15 17:33         ` Junio C Hamano
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2022-08-18 20:48 [PATCH] " Eric DeCosta via GitGitGadget
2022-08-18 21:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-18 21:38   ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-19 10:05 ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-08-19 16:50 ` Jeff Hostetler
2022-08-19 18:38   ` Eric DeCosta
2022-08-19 20:15     ` Jeff Hostetler
2022-08-19 17:48 ` Eric Sunshine
2022-08-19 18:58 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2022-08-20 22:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-22 13:22   ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-08-22 16:07     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-08-23 13:51     ` Jeff Hostetler
2022-08-24 15:45       ` Eric DeCosta

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