From 1ba5f548f4e97bcefcfa14e3346903510c7a9b82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://smcv.pseudorandom.co.uk/" Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 08:18:00 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] documentation merge request --- ...ocument_dependency_influences_in_code.mdwn | 22 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/todo/document_dependency_influences_in_code.mdwn diff --git a/doc/todo/document_dependency_influences_in_code.mdwn b/doc/todo/document_dependency_influences_in_code.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..18afb3df2 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/document_dependency_influences_in_code.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +[[!template id=gitbranch branch=smcv/ready/document-success-reason author="[[smcv]]" +browse=http://git.pseudorandom.co.uk/smcv/ikiwiki.git/shortlog/refs/heads/ready/document-success-reason]] +[[!tag patch]] + +Whenever I look at dependency calculation, for instance to solve +[[bugs/editing gitbranch template is really slow]], it takes me a while to +get my head round the concept of influences. The design documentation is +in [[todo/dependency_types]], but that takes the form of a long discussion +between [[Joey]] and [[Will]], so it's difficult to tell which of the +attempts to define influences were incorrect or have been superseded. + +I think it would be valuable to have brief documentation +as doc-comments in the source code. My branch adds some; +please confirm whether I got it right? :-) + +It would also be great to have a definition of what +should or shouldn't be counted as an influence, and which influences +should count as static or dynamic, perhaps analogous to +[git-annex's design pages](http://git-annex.branchable.com/design/) +and linked from the `match_foo` section of [[plugins/write]]. I haven't +written this myself because I'm somewhat stuck on the subtlety of what +"indirectly influenced" means... --[[smcv]] -- 2.39.5