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On 2/6/07, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > Or just do no repack in the referenced repo.
>
> That is not the solution.
>
> The error in your setup is to _rely_ on data which just _might go away_!

The data cannot "just" go away. I'll have to "go the data away" manually.

> IOW do _not_ use an unreliable repository for --reference!

Well, that being an accident, I see no way to follow your advice.

> > Anyway, the discussion outlived its usefulness.
> > I have what I wanted (git fsck --unreachable), and nobody can force
> > me to repack my shared repo, so the issue does not exist for the original
> > poster.
>
> Well, I think unless you understand that you do something really fragile,
> the discussion did not yet outlive its usefulness.

Yes, preacher.