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Subject: Re: Efficient retrieval of commit log info
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:19:05 +0100
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> On the other hand, this is pretty trivial to extend the protocol so only
> commit objects are transferred.  Using 'git log' on the client side
> would work, as long as you don't use any of the content walking options.

Nicolas,

So what you're suggesting is that:

1) git-clone could be changed such that the user could ask not to
fetch content, only commit objects.
2) git-daemon (or the protocol layer, again I'm not familiar with the
implementation) could be changed such that it only sends commit
objects on request.
3) Changes to git-log is not necessary.

Anybody have a clue how much work this would require and if this is
something that would be generally useful for the community?

Eirik.