Scalar vs JGit, was Re: [PATCH v7 0/2] Conditional config includes based on remote URL

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi Elijah,

On Mon, 10 Jan 2022, Elijah Newren wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 11:22 AM Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com> wrote:
> >
> > Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > Scalar also has a mechanism for providing potentially large blocks
> > > of pre-vetted configuration for users.  It does so as part of a new
> > > top-level command.  And it does so with a very opinionated set of
> > > values that are not configurable.  Thus, while I'd like to use it,
> > > they use a configuration option that would break things badly at my
> > > $DAYJOB.  (Too many gradle plugins using jgit, which doesn't
> > > understand index.version=4 and will blow up with a very suboptimal
> > > error message when they see it.)  And, it's very specific to scalar;
> > > we probably don't want to add a new toplevel command everytime
> > > someone wants common configuration to be easily grabbed by some
> > > user.
> >
> > Do you have more information on this? The closest thing I've seen is
> > "Scalar Config" under "Modifying Configuration Values" in [1], which
> > seems to be more about bundling additional tools (which may change
> > config, of course).
> >
> > Unless you're referring to the config bundled in the Scalar tool itself,
> > in which case this patch set seems orthogonal and potentially
> > complementary - I was envisioning config being provided by a package
> > manager package, but Scalar could provide some too for users to use at
> > their own discretion.
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/microsoft/git/blob/7a514b4c2d5df7fdd2f66f048010d8ddcb412d0b/contrib/scalar/docs/troubleshooting.md
>
> Yes, I was referring to the config hardcoded in the Scalar tool itself
> (see set_recommended_config() in
> https://lore.kernel.org/git/4439ab4de0bc3f48a6bdcf4b5165b16fad792ebd.1638538470.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/).

I was kind of thinking that such problems might be solved via introducing
e.g. `scalar.ensureJGitCompatibility = true` (which should be a relatively
trivial patch to write).

What do you think?

Ciao,
Dscho