Johan Corveleyn wrote on Mon, 09 Dec 2019 09:31 +00:00:
> On Mon, Dec 9, 2019 at 9:01 AM Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> wrote:
> >
> > Any further comments on either of the topics below? In particular, the
> > patch acceptable?
> >
> > Daniel Shahaf wrote on Mon, 02 Dec 2019 00:08 +00:00:
> > > Julian Foad wrote on Sun, Dec 01, 2019 at 12:01:09 +0000:
> > > > Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> > > > > I'd like to get the "is this WC mixed revision?" and "is this WC
> > > > > switched?" bits without stat()-ing every single file in the worktree.
> > > >
> > > > What info do you actually want, functionally? Some info about the WC
> > > > base "shape" like "svn info --x-viewspec" gives?
> > >
> > > I want to know whether the WC is mixed revision, like I said But let
> > > me give some background about my use-case.
> > >
>
> Hm, I'm not a fan of the option name "--no-stat". Perhaps this skips
> "stat's", but does even more work by reading and checksumming every
> file? A name like "--ignore-text-mods" or some such (that you
> suggested elsethread) sounds better to me. Or "--metadata-only" or
> something like that?
Yes, if I commit this, I'd change the option name first, per feedback
received. ("--metadata-only" specifically wouldn't be accurate either,
since it does indicate prop mods.)
I've read the rest of your mail, too, but I'll allow time for others to
chime in before I reply to non-trivial points.
Thanks,
Daniel
