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[bug#66436] [PATCH 2/2] git-download: Add support for Git Large File Sto
From: |
Maxim Cournoyer |
Subject: |
[bug#66436] [PATCH 2/2] git-download: Add support for Git Large File Storage (LFS). |
Date: |
Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:23:56 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
Hi,
Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I reorder Ludo’s answers for clarity.
>
> On Sat, 14 Oct 2023 at 19:12, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>> Also, it is crucial for the “builtin:git-download” semantics to be the
>> same across all installations and to be very stable.
>
> I agree and that’s one strong argument for me.
>
>> Overall, I feel like LFS support, if needed, should be “on the side”,
>> with a custom ‘git-fetch/lfs’ or something along these lines (just like
>> we have ‘url-fetch/tarbomb’).
>
> I agree with this direction. Most of the fetching methods should not be
> implemented with “builtin“ but the converse, git-fetch/lfs.
>
> ( Even, I think the current git-fetch using out-of-band builtin
> recently introduced should be a ’git-fetch/bootstrap’ method, and
> git-fetch using in-band should be the default method. )
Thanks for tipping in, I'll look into adding a whole new 'git-fetch/lfs'
procedure.
--
Thanks,
Maxim