Merge branch 'vd/scalar-doc'

Doc update.

* vd/scalar-doc:
  scalar: convert README.md into a technical design doc
  scalar: reword command documentation to clarify purpose

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 87 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/scalar/README.md b/contrib/scalar/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 634b5771ed..0000000000
--- a/contrib/scalar/README.md
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@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-# Scalar - an opinionated repository management tool
-
-Scalar is an add-on to Git that helps users take advantage of advanced
-performance features in Git. Originally implemented in C# using .NET Core,
-based on the learnings from the VFS for Git project, most of the techniques
-developed by the Scalar project have been integrated into core Git already:
-
-* partial clone,
-* commit graphs,
-* multi-pack index,
-* sparse checkout (cone mode),
-* scheduled background maintenance,
-* etc
-
-This directory contains the remaining parts of Scalar that are not (yet) in
-core Git.
-
-## Roadmap
-
-The idea is to populate this directory via incremental patch series and
-eventually move to a top-level directory next to `gitk-git/` and to `git-gui/`. The
-current plan involves the following patch series:
-
-- `scalar-the-beginning`: The initial patch series which sets up
-  `contrib/scalar/` and populates it with a minimal `scalar` command that
-  demonstrates the fundamental ideas.
-
-- `scalar-c-and-C`: The `scalar` command learns about two options that can be
-  specified before the command, `-c <key>=<value>` and `-C <directory>`.
-
-- `scalar-diagnose`: The `scalar` command is taught the `diagnose` subcommand.
-
-- `scalar-and-builtin-fsmonitor`: The built-in FSMonitor is enabled in `scalar
-  register` and in `scalar clone`, for an enormous performance boost when
-  working in large worktrees. This patch series necessarily depends on Jeff
-  Hostetler's FSMonitor patch series to be integrated into Git.
-
-- `scalar-gentler-config-locking`: Scalar enlistments are registered in the
-  user's Git config. This usually does not represent any problem because it is
-  rare for a user to register an enlistment. However, in Scalar's functional
-  tests, Scalar enlistments are created galore, and in parallel, which can lead
-  to lock contention. This patch series works around that problem by re-trying
-  to lock the config file in a gentle fashion.
-
-- `scalar-extra-docs`: Add some extensive documentation that has been written
-  in the original Scalar project (all subject to discussion, of course).
-
-- `optionally-install-scalar`: Now that Scalar is feature (and documentation)
-  complete and is verified in CI builds, let's offer to install it.
-
-- `move-scalar-to-toplevel`: Now that Scalar is complete, let's move it next to
-  `gitk-git/` and to `git-gui/`, making it a top-level command.
-
-The following two patch series exist in Microsoft's fork of Git and are
-publicly available. There is no current plan to upstream them, not because I
-want to withhold these patches, but because I don't think the Git community is
-interested in these patches.
-
-There are some interesting ideas there, but the implementation is too specific
-to Azure Repos and/or VFS for Git to be of much help in general (and also: my
-colleagues tried to upstream some patches already and the enthusiasm for
-integrating things related to Azure Repos and VFS for Git can be summarized in
-very, very few words).
-
-These still exist mainly because the GVFS protocol is what Azure Repos has
-instead of partial clone, while Git is focused on improving partial clone:
-
-- `scalar-with-gvfs`: The primary purpose of this patch series is to support
-  existing Scalar users whose repositories are hosted in Azure Repos (which
-  does not support Git's partial clones, but supports its predecessor, the GVFS
-  protocol, which is used by Scalar to emulate the partial clone).
-
-  Since the GVFS protocol will never be supported by core Git, this patch
-  series will remain in Microsoft's fork of Git.
-
-- `run-scalar-functional-tests`: The Scalar project developed a quite
-  comprehensive set of integration tests (or, "Functional Tests"). They are the
-  sole remaining part of the original C#-based Scalar project, and this patch
-  adds a GitHub workflow that runs them all.
-
-  Since the tests partially depend on features that are only provided in the
-  `scalar-with-gvfs` patch series, this patch cannot be upstreamed.
diff --git a/contrib/scalar/scalar.txt b/contrib/scalar/scalar.txt
index c0425e0653..1a12dc4507 100644
--- a/contrib/scalar/scalar.txt
+++ b/contrib/scalar/scalar.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ scalar(1)
 
 NAME
 ----
-scalar - an opinionated repository management tool
+scalar - A tool for managing large Git repositories
 
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ scalar delete <enlistment>
 DESCRIPTION
 -----------
 
-Scalar is an opinionated repository management tool. By creating new
-repositories or registering existing repositories with Scalar, your Git
-experience will speed up. Scalar sets advanced Git config settings,
-maintains your repositories in the background, and helps reduce data sent
+Scalar is a repository management tool that optimizes Git for use in large
+repositories. Scalar improves performance by configuring advanced Git settings,
+maintaining repositories in the background, and helping to reduce data sent
 across the network.
 
 An important Scalar concept is the enlistment: this is the top-level directory