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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: Wishlist for a bundle-only transport mode
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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:

> On Thu, 22 Nov 2007, Junio C Hamano :
>> "Santi B=C3=A9jar" <sbejar@gmail.com> writes:
>>=20
>>> Sorry but I do not understand this. I think this two lines could be=
 equivalent:
>>>
>>> git push --bundle bundle.bdl "refs/heads/master:refs/remotes/bundle=
/master"
>>> git bundle create bundle.bdl refs/heads/master ^refs/remotes/bundle=
/master
>>=20
>> Interesting.
>>=20
>> 	$ git push $something ours:theirs
>>=20
>> has defined semantics for any value of $something.
>> ...
>> If bundle.bdl does not exist yet, it is like pushing into a
>> freshly initialized empty repository.
>
> But for that I think "git bundle" should learn new subcommand:
> "git bundle update", which would use refs existing in given
> bundle as prerequisites, and either update bundle (create anew
> or just concatenate next pack) or create incremental bundle.
>
> Something similar to incremental mode or update command of
> archivers...

I was disagreeing with Santi's "'push --bundle' and 'bundle
create' can be equivalent".  They can't be, as "push" is always
"update" and never "create".  So I do not quite get your "But for
that I think"; I think you are just agreeing with me.

Even if we taught "push" to create (which I doubt would happen
due to its security and administrative implications), it would
not make the two any closer to being equivalent.  For them to
become equivalent, we would need to have "push" unlearn how to
update, which would never happen ;-).