From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas =?iso-8859-15?q?Kl=F6ckner?= Subject: Re: [PATCHv1+eps] git-repack.txt: Clarify implications of -a for dumb protocols Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2009 09:34:12 -0400 Message-ID: <200906040934.39475.lists@informa.tiker.net> References: <200906031950.56974.lists@informa.tiker.net> <1244115295-28688-1-git-send-email-git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart4428413.9Z9QYlvITr"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Michael J Gruber X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Jun 04 15:41:38 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MCDCH-00008F-5t for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:41:33 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752396AbZFDNlJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jun 2009 09:41:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751977AbZFDNlH (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jun 2009 09:41:07 -0400 Received: from outbound-mail-20.bluehost.com ([69.89.20.235]:50108 "HELO outbound-mail-20.bluehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751542AbZFDNlH (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Jun 2009 09:41:07 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 399 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:41:06 EDT Received: (qmail 1169 invoked by uid 0); 4 Jun 2009 13:34:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO host304.hostmonster.com) (74.220.215.104) by outboundproxy1.bluehost.com with SMTP; 4 Jun 2009 13:34:28 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=informa.tiker.net; h=Received:From:To:Subject:Date:User-Agent:Cc:References:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id:X-Identified-User; b=hZw+D6i36MVwdmCV7K6MurKegmJ/viYJmOEoK6l1ODhg4Y76UauL7Zq3Uy97WldW0WYh/m93/Rxu/sETuZl9B41J5XYHZPHrYmsCiYKgMsaRRnYjiKGUcxSCNnxs16l5; Received: from ip68-9-132-118.ri.ri.cox.net ([68.9.132.118] helo=grizzly.localnet) by host304.hostmonster.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MCD5P-0003YE-UG; Thu, 04 Jun 2009 07:34:28 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.2 (Linux/2.6.30-rc7-686; KDE/4.2.2; i686; ; ) In-Reply-To: <1244115295-28688-1-git-send-email-git@drmicha.warpmail.net> X-Identified-User: {11749:host304.hostmonster.com:tikernet:tiker.net} {sentby:smtp auth 68.9.132.118 authed with andreas-store+tiker.net} Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: --nextPart4428413.9Z9QYlvITr Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Thanks, that's much better! Andreas On Donnerstag 04 Juni 2009, Michael J Gruber wrote: > The current text makes some users feel uneasy, worrying whether > '-a' could lead to corrupt repositories. Clarify that '-a' > may lead to performance issues only for dumb protocols. > > Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber > --- > Is that clear enough but concise? > > Applies to maint. > > [Sorry for the resend, I managed to mistype the subject.] > > Documentation/git-repack.txt | 5 ++++- > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt > index aaa8852..8af5505 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt > @@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ OPTIONS > pack everything referenced into a single pack. > Especially useful when packing a repository that is used > for private development and there is no need to worry > - about people fetching via dumb protocols from it. Use > + about people fetching via dumb protocols from it. > + (Over dumb protocols, one would have to fetch the whole new > + pack in order to get any contained object, no matter how > + many other objects in that pack exist locally already.) Use > with '-d'. This will clean up the objects that `git prune` > leaves behind, but `git fsck --full` shows as > dangling. --nextPart4428413.9Z9QYlvITr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBKJ81VJZ7T4Hn4+FIRArSzAKCUP0KgIiKJ1BatmGIa2u8yVJCYmwCfYBgW k5/+JKa6Ju45jVbx7EK/MpU= =jYjT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart4428413.9Z9QYlvITr--