From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Cc: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] config: allow including config from repository blobs
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:57:22 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120127055722.GD23633@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACsJy8ASXrmBvxj4DxjGiqYhPkr1Yp02CAyMqKrfyfrzaAw-2g@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 10:47:29AM +0700, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:
> > What happens if a ref cannot be resolved, for example due to repository
> > corruption? Does git just emit an error and then carries on, or does it
> > always die? Can I run at least git-fsck in such a case?
>
> Moreover, if I specify sha-1 in the config (it's discouraged but not
> forbidden from the code), can git-prune remove the blob?
Yes. I don't think we want to get into connectivity guarantees for
config (because they can be quite complex, and involve files totally
outside the repo). I think it's OK for the user to be responsible for
either using a ref, or making sure that a bare sha1 they point to is
reachable from a ref.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-01-27 5:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-01-26 7:35 [RFC/PATCH 0/4] config include directives Jeff King
2012-01-26 7:37 ` [PATCH 1/4] config: add include directive Jeff King
2012-01-26 9:16 ` Johannes Sixt
2012-01-26 16:54 ` Jeff King
2012-01-26 20:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-01-26 22:25 ` Jeff King
2012-01-26 22:43 ` Jeff King
2012-01-26 20:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-01-26 22:51 ` Jeff King
2012-01-27 5:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-01-27 5:55 ` Jeff King
2012-01-27 17:03 ` Jens Lehmann
2012-01-27 0:02 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2012-01-27 0:32 ` Jeff King
2012-01-27 9:33 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2012-01-27 5:07 ` Michael Haggerty
2012-01-27 5:54 ` Jeff King
2012-01-26 7:38 ` [PATCH 2/4] config: factor out config file stack management Jeff King
2012-01-26 7:40 ` [PATCH 3/4] config: support parsing config data from buffers Jeff King
2012-01-26 7:42 ` [PATCH 4/4] config: allow including config from repository blobs Jeff King
2012-01-26 9:25 ` Johannes Sixt
2012-01-26 17:22 ` Jeff King
2012-01-27 3:47 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-01-27 5:57 ` Jeff King [this message]
2012-01-26 21:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-01-26 23:00 ` Jeff King
2012-01-27 0:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-01-27 0:49 ` Jeff King
2012-01-27 5:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-01-27 5:42 ` Jeff King
2012-01-27 7:27 ` Johannes Sixt
2012-01-27 23:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-01-27 4:01 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2012-01-27 5:59 ` Jeff King
2012-01-27 9:51 ` [RFC/PATCH 0/4] config include directives Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2012-01-27 17:34 ` Jeff King
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