[PATCH 1 of 2] remotenames: record bookmark changes in the journal
Sean Farley
sean at farley.io
Fri Jul 1 17:55:28 UTC 2016
Martijn Pieters <mj at zopatista.com> writes:
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> On 1 Jul 2016, at 18:08, Sean Farley <sean at farley.io> wrote:
>>> Any changed remote names are logged in the journal so users can track where the
>>> bookmark pointed to before.
>>
>> Why not store everything in the journal? Can't we just query it for all
>> remotenames and use that information to label / namespace things?
>
> Because the journal tracks *changes* in bookmarks. If you have journal enabled, when you first clone the repo, you'll have all remote names recorded automatically anyway.
I understand that. What I'm trying to say is that there are too many
data stores right now and that I don't want another one. I don't think
it'd be too hard to abstract things such that there is a journaled
interaface to namespaces.
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