From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BFD44C433E0 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 13:59:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99FC5224F9 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 13:59:05 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="nnJB7s5F" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726400AbgGNN7E (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:59:04 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:49308 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725997AbgGNN7E (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Jul 2020 09:59:04 -0400 Received: from mail-ej1-x62d.google.com (mail-ej1-x62d.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::62d]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B7615C061755 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 06:59:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ej1-x62d.google.com with SMTP id w6so21992902ejq.6 for ; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 06:59:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=SriW4hfxw+HkNaoRVmiL9p/ohJuId/VshrVLXjIRwOw=; b=nnJB7s5FuBYBDc9T0lP0uSZElSdBlqQK7GdF8lzNVngKfld4SavIkWcAOAoPoFjI76 dS50bK5M1ccTqXhhJA1ysRuIKoxDwkw4SzH8gIEDEJ3hi90Yh26bPz871TBZ7jFehSLQ Fbf0SsDtU7vui/uQtIgPuRWLWvBF6cr1wWRsfL/knO7ZKRfIH9nuI7GKAKLK3+ZY5G73 sDQTEAdshx5KpcI03dTTXQLs+UWyA6w0TE29UkXqnuu7STOInIi9R2ohxMsT9uTzom/9 qcAizzw/i7hMnml8QOzHoEH7O1zrsFa2ipmGDnn6fS6NKgvrj2kA2Zofz/oeZUQxlFYQ TG0A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=SriW4hfxw+HkNaoRVmiL9p/ohJuId/VshrVLXjIRwOw=; b=DWD/3ETxwA4PsdI+QoRcElNhLRm+xsPwStAEl6m4YAX2XlzOMnYivo8t4GdJenSMIu eDvFkaD1JXawoo3XJYQo4IDd+MNJg8wiq0dn80XgReUslQSWlDnv1UL3rY6u30BsHe/2 uhObVKsjz/UL9YvzZ7MAkP+I0HVTYplcrhS1xMg+172AFkpT/VLgTN4Z5Q36PQ7F3AdI VBcULaNjxkQWcFN5QACCDtNeJl4HrSvnhWFryy4uJQ5HdJOTC8HaOBze4zwUQ9GxowpB rIGqp0Zqey9GmV1kMHpzXbkz6Dp8KyMuczyn0pv9yw/qb6V9vxNppy+0+oJMe+Awt1Yo wCEg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5323AvckKOfmeZqGa8aN173s5Ifb0bhLMCXGYdmcYgbZed/ZGRcI 918UNSxvWFtV6ZE6oN9ge+DfN18d1N5T/D/KTCx7B6QA X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwXN1+obsWEwCRlSpjxBPLCTd2fcNcfaJLXjPSa2WRJWS7q95AWW9m3gLnJUofPEIk0nAVvF+2Mk+Ek0S0P4Ik= X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:af6d:: with SMTP id os13mr4463258ejb.57.1594735141791; Tue, 14 Jul 2020 06:59:01 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "R. Lemos" Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2020 10:58:50 -0300 Message-ID: Subject: Empty bundles are not useless To: git@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org When working disconnected (sending bundles back and forth) it is useful to make bundles like this: $ git bundle create /tmp/my.bundle master ^disconnected/master This way I pack all new commits since the last updated from `disconnected` remote. But if my local copy is up-to-date, git bundle refuses to create an empty bundle, since there are no commits to send. However it would be nice to at least send the information that my local branch `master` is up-to-date. That is, the bundle would just convey that my local `master` points to a given commit (even though this commit is already on the remote site). This way, when I upload this bundle to the remote site, then bring back changes made there, the remote site will know which commits I already have. Thanks. Rodrigo Lemos