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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Ray Chuan" <rctay89@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] http-push: remove MOVE step after PUT when sending objects to server
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:48:57 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7viqod5thi.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <be6fef0d0901171224y35c3d95cn2d38639ac03c3b8f@mail.gmail.com> (Ray Chuan's message of "Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:24:47 +0000")

"Ray Chuan" <rctay89@gmail.com> writes:

> Currently, git PUTs to
>
>  /repo.git/objects/1a/1a2b...9z_opaquelocktoken:1234-....
>
> then MOVEs to
>
>  /repo.git/objects/1a/1a2b...9z
>
> This is needless. In fact, the only time MOVE requests are sent is for
> this sole purpose (ie. of renaming an object).
>
> A concern raised was repository corruption in the event of failure
> during PUT. "put && move" won't afford any more protection than using
> simply "put", since info/refs is not updated if a PUT fails, so there
> is no cause for concern.

That's a completely bogus reasoning.  Normal operation inside the
repository that was pushed into won't look at info/refs at all.

The true reason you want to avoid put-then-move is...?

  reply	other threads:[~2009-01-18  0:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-01-17 20:24 [PATCH 2/2] http-push: remove MOVE step after PUT when sending objects to server Ray Chuan
2009-01-18  0:48 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2009-01-18  3:19   ` Ray Chuan
2009-01-18 13:32     ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-01-18 20:05       ` Junio C Hamano
2009-01-18 21:14         ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-01-18 21:43           ` Junio C Hamano
2009-01-18 21:58             ` Johannes Schindelin
2009-01-19  0:12             ` Sverre Rabbelier
2009-01-19  3:07               ` Junio C Hamano

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