git: Do the revert operation in a secondary working tree

[git.ikiwiki.info.git] / doc / todo / headless_git_branches.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/todo/headless_git_branches.mdwn b/doc/todo/headless_git_branches.mdwn
index 1dd8677655b2bc241c66c690e8e9f1ead87d541e..bedf21d0ca5c07d68c11e8eb566957224b5d3d1e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/todo/headless_git_branches.mdwn
+++ b/doc/todo/headless_git_branches.mdwn
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ Ikiwiki should really survive being asked to work with a git branch that has no
     git clone barerepo.git srcdir
     ikiwiki --rcs=git srcdir destdir
 
     git clone barerepo.git srcdir
     ikiwiki --rcs=git srcdir destdir
 

-I've fixed this initial construction case, and, based on my testing, I've also fixed the post-update executing on a new master, and ikiwiki.cgi executing on a non-existent master cases.
+I've fixed this initial construction case, and, based on my testing, I've
+also fixed the post-update executing on a new master, and ikiwiki.cgi
+executing on a non-existent master cases.

 
 Please commit so my users stop whining at me about having clean branches to push to, the big babies.
 
 
 Please commit so my users stop whining at me about having clean branches to push to, the big babies.
 


@@ -14,6 +16,12 @@ Summary: Change three scary loud failure cases related to empty branches into th
 
 [[!tag patch]]
 
 
 [[!tag patch]]
 

+> FWIW, [[The_TOVA_Company]] apparently wants this feature (and I hope
+> I don't mind that I mention they were willing to pay someone for it,
+> but I told them I'd not done any of the work. :) )
+> 
+> Code review follows, per hunk.. --[[Joey]] 
+

 <pre>
 diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/git.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/git.pm
 index cf7fbe9..e5bafcf 100644
 <pre>
 diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/git.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/git.pm
 index cf7fbe9..e5bafcf 100644


@@ -50,6 +58,26 @@ index cf7fbe9..e5bafcf 100644
  
        return wantarray ? @ci : $ci[0];
  }
  
        return wantarray ? @ci : $ci[0];
  }

+</pre>
+
+My concern is that this adds a bit of slowdown (git show-ref is fast, but
+It's still extra work) to a very hot code path that is run to eg,
+update recentchanges after every change. 
+
+Seems not ideal to do extra work every time to handle a case
+that will literally happen a maximum of once in the entire lifecycle of a
+wiki (and zero times more typically, since the setup automator puts in a
+.gitignore file that works around this problem).
+
+So as to not just say "no" ... what if it always tried to run git log,
+and if it failed (or returned no parsed lines), then it could look 
+at git show-ref to deduce whether to throw an error or not.
+--[[Joey]] 
+
+> Ah, but then git-log would still complain "bad revision 'HEAD'"
+> --[[Joey]] 
+
+<pre>

 @@ -474,7 +478,10 @@ sub rcs_update () {
        # Update working directory.
  
 @@ -474,7 +478,10 @@ sub rcs_update () {
        # Update working directory.
  


@@ -61,7 +89,16 @@ index cf7fbe9..e5bafcf 100644
 +              }
        }
  }
 +              }
        }
  }

- 
+
+</pre>
+
+Same concern here about extra work. Code path is nearly as hot, being
+called on every refresh. Probably could be dealt with similarly as above.
+
+Also, is there any point in breaking the pull up into a
+fetch followed by a merge? --[[Joey]] 
+
+<pre>

 @@ -559,7 +566,7 @@ sub rcs_commit_helper (@) {
        # So we should ignore its exit status (hence run_or_non).
        if (run_or_non('git', 'commit', '-m', $params{message}, '-q', @opts)) {
 @@ -559,7 +566,7 @@ sub rcs_commit_helper (@) {
        # So we should ignore its exit status (hence run_or_non).
        if (run_or_non('git', 'commit', '-m', $params{message}, '-q', @opts)) {


@@ -72,3 +109,5 @@ index cf7fbe9..e5bafcf 100644
        }
        
 </pre>
        }
        
 </pre>

+
+This seems fine to apply. --[[Joey]]