From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andreas Ericsson Subject: Re: [PATCH] t7700: demonstrate mishandling of objects in packs with a .keep file Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:35:42 +0100 Message-ID: <490ED3FE.8040103@op5.se> References: <1S3xpaVP1Cy1Rei_ODwlXsBdu64BGiPve-lj_4fN6cA@cipher.nrlssc.navy.mil> <14536526.1225596838300.JavaMail.teamon@b301.teamon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com, nico@cam.org To: drafnel@gmail.com X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Nov 03 11:37:11 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Kwwo2-0002Ox-SI for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:37:11 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754998AbYKCKf6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2008 05:35:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755011AbYKCKf5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2008 05:35:57 -0500 Received: from mail.op5.se ([193.201.96.20]:35025 "EHLO mail.op5.se" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754995AbYKCKf5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Nov 2008 05:35:57 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDD581B80C9F; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 11:30:53 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -4.399 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.399 tagged_above=-10 required=6.6 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from mail.op5.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.op5.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9r4fJLd2IDO6; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 11:30:43 +0100 (CET) Received: from clix.int.op5.se (unknown [192.168.1.20]) by mail.op5.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 787701B80062; Mon, 3 Nov 2008 11:30:39 +0100 (CET) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080723) In-Reply-To: <14536526.1225596838300.JavaMail.teamon@b301.teamon.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: drafnel@gmail.com wrote: > From: Brandon Casey > > Objects residing in pack files that have an associated .keep file are not > supposed to be repacked into new pack files, but they are. > I think that's a misconception. Packfiles that are marked with .keep files should never be deleted. There are, afaik, no rules against packing the same objects into other packfiles as well. This is nifty for dumb ref walkers, as they can use a small pack for incremental fetching while using a mega-pack for initial cloning. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231