On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 10:49:17PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > I am well aware of the way Debian-based systems handle alternatives, and I > myself also use something similar to write this E-Mail (but it is not a > symlink, it is a Git alias). > > But that's not the hack that I was talking about. > > The hack I meant was: if you symlink `gzip` to `pigz` in your `PATH` *and > then expect `git archive --format=tgz` to pick that up*. > > As far as I am concerned, the fact that `git archive --format=tgz` spawns > `gzip` to perform the compression is an implementation detail, and not > something that users should feel they can rely on. I'd agree with you more if we didn't document a user-facing config variable that claims to run "gzip" from the system. > > Just commenting on the overall thread: I like René's "new built-in" > > patch best. > > I guess we now have to diverging votes: yours for the `git archive --gzip` > "built-in" and Peff's for the async code ;-) For the record, I am fine with any of the solutions (including just doing the single-thread bit you already have and letting René do what he likes on top). -Peff
