On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 12:14:36AM +0530, Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote: > Jeff King wrote: > > Sorry, I don't have patches. It is a hard problem for which I do not > > have the solution, which is kind of my point. > > So, what is the problem? We are moving towards what we think is the > way forward. Nobody said that it is the theoretical best, but it's > _much_ better than doing nothing, no? I thought I already said: there is a lot of global state that is assumed to be wiped between various functions and git commands. For example, you cannot just call cmd_log twice in the same process and get the right answers. I haven't seen a proposal for dealing with that. > Then whom are we to ask about this feasibility? All the core > contributors (including Junio) are in the CC. Nobody has said > anything. So, are you proposing that we sit and ponder over our > theoretically-indeterminate-feasibility problem? There is no magic > bullet, Jeff. We write code, and we fix bugs as and when they crop > up; there's really not much else anyone can do. Help by writing code, > or reviewing someone else's code. I mentioned a bug above. How are you going to fix it? Where is your patch to review? -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html