Re: [jgit-dev] public Repository class, internal FileRepository class, a

[Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> I was testing the waters. I agree JGit gains nothing. This wold be
> for downstream use.
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> What I was proposing was something like this:
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> FileResolver.open(C req, String name) {
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> ...
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> db = RepositoryCache.open(key, true);
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> db.setName(name);
> ...
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> }
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> "Name" is a repo name relative to the served base folder. It might be
> a symlink. When we pass Repository around to different parts of a
> server app it would be convenient to have the originally requested
> name, not just the filesystem location which is all we have now.
> Obviously there are workarounds, alternatives, etc. But none as
> convenient/clean as having that name preserved and not discarded in
> the first place.

I think the normalization we do is a mistake. We're overdoing it.

-- robin