From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Simon 'corecode' Schubert Subject: Re: newbie questions about git design and features (some wrt hg) Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:51:09 +0100 Message-ID: <45C341CD.7020301@fs.ei.tum.de> References: <3c6c07c20701300820l42cfc8dbsb80393fc1469f667@mail.gmail.com> <200702010058.43431.jnareb@gmail.com> <20070201003429.GQ10108@waste.org> <200702021055.49428.jnareb@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigBC75B00BF0804B56BBF2CE5A" Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Jakub Narebski X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Feb 02 14:51:17 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HCyot-0001Fl-LC for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:51:16 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423089AbXBBNvM (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Feb 2007 08:51:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423031AbXBBNvM (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Feb 2007 08:51:12 -0500 Received: from stella.fs.ei.tum.de ([129.187.54.7]:50818 "EHLO stella.fs.ei.tum.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423089AbXBBNvM (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Feb 2007 08:51:12 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.fs.ei.tum.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1EA728296; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 14:51:10 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at fs.ei.tum.de Received: from stella.fs.ei.tum.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (stella.fs.ei.tum.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id AxvsQD1jnbYO; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 14:51:10 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.10.124] (ppp-62-216-203-79.dynamic.mnet-online.de [62.216.203.79]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by stella.fs.ei.tum.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D58E28293; Fri, 2 Feb 2007 14:51:10 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; DragonFly pc32; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061212 Thunderbird/1.5.0.8 Mnenhy/0.7.4.666 In-Reply-To: <200702021055.49428.jnareb@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigBC75B00BF0804B56BBF2CE5A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Jakub Narebski wrote: >>> Integrity checks can tell you that repository is corrupted, but it wo= uld >>> be better if it didn't get corrupted in first place. >> Obviously. Hence our append-only design. Data that's written to a repo= >> is never rewritten, which minimizes exposure to software bugs and I/O >> errors. >=20 > By the way, RCS / CVS rewrote relevant data (to have diff from the top > structure) on each commit. >=20 > I wonder if git could generate pack on the fly fastimport like... What do you mean with that? generate the pack on which occasion? CVS im= port? I do this already. cheers simon --=20 Serve - BSD +++ RENT this banner advert +++ ASCII Ribbon /"\ Work - Mac +++ space for low =E2=82=AC=E2=82=AC=E2=82=AC NOW!1 +++= Campaign \ / Party Enjoy Relax | http://dragonflybsd.org Against HTML \ Dude 2c 2 the max ! http://golden-apple.biz Mail + News / \ --------------enigBC75B00BF0804B56BBF2CE5A Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (DragonFly) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFw0HNr5S+dk6z85oRAmstAKCk3drtbP6GLGIEh9IAbReVLyOcAQCgkTaK 9+1dSZuWaRxptUKJDDkiXjA= =qBm6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigBC75B00BF0804B56BBF2CE5A--