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From: "Avery Pennarun" <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] better git-submodule status output
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:29:30 -0400
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On 7/7/08, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Sylvain Joyeux <sylvain.joyeux@dfki.de> writes:
>  > Is it possible to make 'fetch' only .. well .. fetch objects, without
>  > updating any refs?
>
> Not very easily, and that is very deliberate.  The objects fetched will
>  become dangling if you allowed such a mode of operation, and will
>  immediately become subject to gc.

Is this really desirable?  I could imagine dropping an entry (or
several entries, or whatever) into the reflog after each fetch, to
prevent such fetched objects from being deleted right away.

Avery