From 84e0ea5ce3488db4460121f1901bd61c7ec6262c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: anarcat Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:46:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Added a comment: status? --- ...mment_1_b41830b59c47ce5041c6005d41baf550._comment | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/todo/git_smudge_clean_interface_suboptiomal/comment_1_b41830b59c47ce5041c6005d41baf550._comment diff --git a/doc/todo/git_smudge_clean_interface_suboptiomal/comment_1_b41830b59c47ce5041c6005d41baf550._comment b/doc/todo/git_smudge_clean_interface_suboptiomal/comment_1_b41830b59c47ce5041c6005d41baf550._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6cd48a9831 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/git_smudge_clean_interface_suboptiomal/comment_1_b41830b59c47ce5041c6005d41baf550._comment @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="anarcat" + avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/4ad594c1e13211c1ad9edb81ce5110b7" + subject="status?" + date="2018-11-30T19:46:20Z" + content=""" +Why was the smudge filter improvements not accepted upstream? All I could find was [this post](https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqwpjqdh7w.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com/) which explains it was \"discarded\" because of \"bitrot\"... + +Also: the third \"suboptimal\" point is that \"piping large file contents between git and filters is innefficient\". Why? Aren't there ways to efficiently pipe contents around processes? For example, pv uses the splice(2) system call instead of just read/write on the pipes... + +Thanks for any details! +"""]]