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From: Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil>
Subject: Re: git gc & deleted branches
Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 10:56:14 -0500
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Cc: Geert Bosch <bosch@adacore.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
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Jeff King wrote:
> On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 10:14:12AM -0500, Brandon Casey wrote:
> 
>>>   -  Objects will not be accessible by ordinary git commands for a while,
>>>      before they are really removed, avoiding surprises
>> Unreferenced objects are sometimes used by other repositories which have
>> this repository listed as an alternate. So it may not be a good idea to
>> make the unreferenced objects inaccessible.
> 
> But that is precisely what we're going to do, but in two weeks. Isn't it
> better to have the dependent repo fail while the change is recoverable?

good point.

-b