From: Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: clone breaks replace
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 16:00:24 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D262D68.2050804@cfl.rr.com> (raw)
I've been experimenting with git replace to remove ancient history, and
I have found that cloning a repository breaks replace. I read about
this process at http://progit.org/2010/03/17/replace.html. I managed to
correctly add a replace commit that truncates the history and contains
instructions where you can find it, and running git log only goes back
to the replacement commit, unless you add --no-replace-objects, which
causes it to show the original full history.
The problem is that when I clone the repository, I expect the clone to
contain only history up to the replacement record, and not the old
history before that. Instead, the clone contains only the full original
history, and the replacement ref is not imported at all. A git replace
in the new clone shows nothing.
Shouldn't clone copy .git/refs/replace?
next reply other threads:[~2011-01-06 20:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-01-06 21:00 Phillip Susi [this message]
2011-01-06 21:33 ` clone breaks replace Jonathan Nieder
2011-01-06 21:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-01-07 19:43 ` Phillip Susi
2011-01-07 20:51 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-01-07 21:15 ` Stephen Bash
2011-01-07 21:34 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-01-07 21:44 ` Phillip Susi
2011-01-07 21:49 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-01-07 22:09 ` Phillip Susi
2011-01-07 22:09 ` Jeff King
2011-01-07 22:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-01-11 5:36 ` Jeff King
2011-01-11 17:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-01-11 17:50 ` Jeff King
2011-01-11 17:56 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-01-11 18:03 ` Jeff King
2011-01-11 19:32 ` Christian Couder
2011-01-08 0:43 ` Phillip Susi
2011-01-11 5:47 ` Jeff King
2011-01-11 6:52 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-01-11 15:37 ` Phillip Susi
2011-01-11 18:22 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-01-11 18:42 ` Phillip Susi
2011-01-11 15:24 ` Phillip Susi
2011-01-11 17:39 ` Jeff King
2011-01-11 19:48 ` Johannes Sixt
2011-01-11 19:51 ` Jeff King
2011-01-11 20:00 ` Johannes Sixt
2011-01-11 20:22 ` Phillip Susi
2011-01-11 20:50 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-01-12 0:59 ` Phillip Susi
2011-01-14 20:53 ` small downloads and immutable history (Re: clone breaks replace) Jonathan Nieder
2011-01-15 5:27 ` Phillip Susi
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