From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org,
Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>,
Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] rev-parse: implement object type filter
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2021 13:14:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YHA3EkH3HDe45EKA@ncase> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YGyjtCWqdeCj3S3U@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 02:08:52PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 02:10:41PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> > Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> >
> > > this is the second version of my patch series which implements a new
> > > `object:type` filter for git-rev-parse(1) and git-upload-pack(1) and
> > > extends support for bitmap indices to work with combined filters.
> > > ...
> > > Please see the attached range-diff for more details.
> >
> > Any comment from stakeholders?
>
> Sorry, this languished on my to-review list for a while.
>
> I took a careful look. I found a few small nits, but the code overall
> looks pretty good.
>
> I do still find the use of the filter code here a _little_ bit
> off-putting. It makes perfect sense in some ways: we are asking rev-list
> to filter the output, and it keeps our implementation nice and simple.
> It took me a while to figure out what I think makes it weird, but I
> think it's:
>
> - the partial-clone feature exposes the filter mechanism in a very
> transparent way. So while it's not _wrong_ to be able to ask for a
> partial clone of only trees, it's an odd thing that nobody would
> really use in practice. And so it's a bit funny that it gets
> documented alongside blob:limit, etc.
>
> - for the same reason, it's very rigid. We have no way to say "this
> filter OR that filter", and are unlikely to grow them (because this
> is all part of the network protocol). Whereas it's perfectly
> reasonable for somebody to ask for "trees and blobs" via rev-list.
>
> I dunno. Those aren't objections exactly. Just trying to put my finger
> on why my initial reaction was "huh, why --filter?".
Yeah, I do kind of share these concerns. Ideally, we'd provide a nicer
only-user-facing interface to query the repository for various objects.
git-cat-file(1) would be the obvious thing that first gets into my mind,
where it would be nice to have it filter stuff. But then on the other
hand, it's really rather a simple "Give me what I tell you to" binary,
which is probably a good thing. Other than that I don't think there's
any executable that'd be a good fit -- we could do this via a new
git-list-objects(1), but then again git-rev-list(1) already does most of
what git-list-objects(1) would do, so why bother.
It kind of feels like git-checkout(1) to me: it does many things, and if
you know how to wield it it works perfectly fine. But the user interface
is lacking, which is why it was split up into git-switch(1) and
git-restore(1). It's telling already that the summary of git-rev-list(1)
is "Lists commit objects in reverse chronological order". I mean yes,
that's what it does in many cases. But there's just as many cases where
it doesn't.
Patrick
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2021-03-01 12:20 [PATCH 0/7] rev-parse: implement object type filter Patrick Steinhardt
2021-03-01 12:20 ` [PATCH 1/7] revision: mark commit parents as NOT_USER_GIVEN Patrick Steinhardt
2021-03-01 12:20 ` [PATCH 2/7] list-objects: move tag processing into its own function Patrick Steinhardt
2021-03-01 12:20 ` [PATCH 3/7] list-objects: support filtering by tag and commit Patrick Steinhardt
2021-03-01 12:20 ` [PATCH 4/7] list-objects: implement object type filter Patrick Steinhardt
2021-03-01 12:20 ` [PATCH 5/7] pack-bitmap: " Patrick Steinhardt
2021-03-01 12:20 ` [PATCH 6/7] pack-bitmap: implement combined filter Patrick Steinhardt
2021-03-01 12:21 ` [PATCH 7/7] rev-list: allow filtering of provided items Patrick Steinhardt
2021-03-10 21:39 ` [PATCH 0/7] rev-parse: implement object type filter Jeff King
2021-03-11 14:38 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-03-11 17:54 ` Jeff King
2021-03-15 11:25 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-03-10 21:58 ` Taylor Blau
2021-03-10 22:19 ` Jeff King
2021-03-11 14:43 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-03-11 17:56 ` Jeff King
2021-03-15 13:14 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] " Patrick Steinhardt
2021-03-15 13:14 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] uploadpack.txt: document implication of `uploadpackfilter.allow` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-06 17:17 ` Jeff King
2021-03-15 13:14 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] revision: mark commit parents as NOT_USER_GIVEN Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-06 17:30 ` Jeff King
2021-04-09 10:19 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-03-15 13:14 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] list-objects: move tag processing into its own function Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-06 17:39 ` Jeff King
2021-03-15 13:14 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] list-objects: support filtering by tag and commit Patrick Steinhardt
2021-03-15 13:14 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] list-objects: implement object type filter Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-06 17:42 ` Jeff King
2021-03-15 13:14 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] pack-bitmap: " Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-06 17:48 ` Jeff King
2021-03-15 13:14 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] pack-bitmap: implement combined filter Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-06 17:54 ` Jeff King
2021-04-09 10:31 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-09 15:53 ` Jeff King
2021-04-09 11:17 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-09 15:55 ` Jeff King
2021-03-15 13:15 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] rev-list: allow filtering of provided items Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-06 18:04 ` Jeff King
2021-04-09 10:59 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-09 15:58 ` Jeff King
2021-03-20 21:10 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] rev-parse: implement object type filter Junio C Hamano
2021-04-06 18:08 ` Jeff King
2021-04-09 11:14 ` Patrick Steinhardt [this message]
2021-04-09 16:05 ` Jeff King
2021-04-09 11:27 ` [PATCH v3 " Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-09 11:27 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] uploadpack.txt: document implication of `uploadpackfilter.allow` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-09 11:27 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] revision: mark commit parents as NOT_USER_GIVEN Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-09 11:28 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] list-objects: move tag processing into its own function Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-09 11:28 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] list-objects: support filtering by tag and commit Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-11 6:49 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-09 11:28 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] list-objects: implement object type filter Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-09 11:28 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] pack-bitmap: " Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-09 11:28 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] pack-bitmap: implement combined filter Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-09 11:28 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] rev-list: allow filtering of provided items Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-09 11:32 ` [RESEND PATCH " Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-09 15:00 ` [PATCH " Philip Oakley
2021-04-12 13:15 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-11 6:02 ` [PATCH v3 0/8] rev-parse: implement object type filter Junio C Hamano
2021-04-12 13:12 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 0/8] rev-list: " Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 1/8] uploadpack.txt: document implication of `uploadpackfilter.allow` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] revision: mark commit parents as NOT_USER_GIVEN Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 3/8] list-objects: move tag processing into its own function Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] list-objects: support filtering by tag and commit Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 5/8] list-objects: implement object type filter Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-13 9:57 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-04-13 10:43 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-04-14 11:32 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] pack-bitmap: " Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] pack-bitmap: implement combined filter Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-12 13:37 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] rev-list: allow filtering of provided items Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-13 7:45 ` [PATCH v4 0/8] rev-list: implement object type filter Jeff King
2021-04-13 8:06 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-15 9:42 ` Jeff King
2021-04-16 22:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-16 23:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-17 1:17 ` Ramsay Jones
2021-04-17 9:01 ` Jeff King
2021-04-17 21:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-13 21:03 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-14 11:59 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-14 21:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-15 9:57 ` Jeff King
2021-04-15 17:53 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-15 17:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-04-17 8:58 ` Jeff King
2021-04-19 11:46 ` [PATCH v5 " Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-19 11:46 ` [PATCH v5 1/8] uploadpack.txt: document implication of `uploadpackfilter.allow` Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-19 11:46 ` [PATCH v5 2/8] revision: mark commit parents as NOT_USER_GIVEN Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-19 11:46 ` [PATCH v5 3/8] list-objects: move tag processing into its own function Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-19 11:46 ` [PATCH v5 4/8] list-objects: support filtering by tag and commit Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-19 11:46 ` [PATCH v5 5/8] list-objects: implement object type filter Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-19 11:46 ` [PATCH v5 6/8] pack-bitmap: " Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-19 11:47 ` [PATCH v5 7/8] pack-bitmap: implement combined filter Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-19 11:47 ` [PATCH v5 8/8] rev-list: allow filtering of provided items Patrick Steinhardt
2021-04-19 23:16 ` [PATCH v5 0/8] rev-list: implement object type filter Junio C Hamano
2021-04-23 9:13 ` Jeff King
2021-04-28 2:18 ` Junio C Hamano
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