From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
To: David Jeske <jeske@google.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: why is git destructive by default? (i suggest it not be!)
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:17:41 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0806232213360.2979@xanadu.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <willow-jeske-01l5cKsCFEDjC=91MX@videotron.ca>
On Tue, 24 Jun 2008, David Jeske wrote:
> I've heard from a couple users that the solution to these problems is to "go
> dig what you need out of the log, it's still in there". However, it's only in
> there until the log is garbage collected. This either means they are
> destructive operations, or we expect "running without ever collecting the log"
> to be a valid mode of operation... which I doubt is the case.
Why not?
> Question: How about assuring ALL operations can be done non-destructivly by
> default?
git config --global gc.reflogexpire "2 years"
Nicolas
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-24 2:19 UTC|newest]
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[not found] <jeske@willow=01l5V7waFEDjChmh>
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5PFjPFEDjCfzf-01l5V7wbFEDjCX7V>
2008-06-24 1:47 ` why is git destructive by default? (i suggest it not be!) David Jeske
2008-06-24 1:47 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 17:11 ` Boaz Harrosh
2008-06-24 17:19 ` Boaz Harrosh
2008-06-24 19:08 ` Jakub Narebski
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5PFjPFEDjCfzf-01l5zrLdFEDjCV3U>
2008-06-24 20:04 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 21:42 ` Brandon Casey
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5PFjPFEDjCfzf-01l63P33FEDjCVQ0>
2008-06-24 22:13 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 22:13 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 22:54 ` Theodore Tso
2008-06-24 23:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-25 2:26 ` Theodore Tso
2008-06-25 8:58 ` Jakub Narebski
2008-06-25 9:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-26 15:13 ` Brandon Casey
2008-06-24 22:21 ` Steven Walter
2008-06-24 22:21 ` [PATCH] cmd_reset: don't trash uncommitted changes unless told to Steven Walter
2008-06-24 22:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-25 9:12 ` Boaz Harrosh
2008-06-25 9:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-25 9:59 ` Boaz Harrosh
2008-06-25 10:16 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-06-25 10:24 ` Matthias Kestenholz
2008-06-25 10:46 ` Anton Gladkov
2008-06-25 12:33 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-06-25 14:49 ` [PATCH] cmd_reset: don't trash uncommitted changes unless toldto Craig L. Ching
2008-06-25 15:18 ` Anton Gladkov
2008-06-25 10:41 ` [PATCH] cmd_reset: don't trash uncommitted changes unless told to Johannes Sixt
2008-06-25 12:38 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-06-25 13:51 ` Theodore Tso
2008-06-25 17:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-25 19:50 ` Theodore Tso
2008-06-25 20:04 ` Avery Pennarun
2008-06-25 20:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-25 20:22 ` Avery Pennarun
2008-06-25 20:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-25 20:58 ` Avery Pennarun
2008-06-25 21:24 ` Re* " Junio C Hamano
2008-06-25 21:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-26 1:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-25 20:37 ` Steven Walter
2008-06-25 20:38 ` Theodore Tso
2008-06-25 20:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-25 21:05 ` Theodore Tso
2008-06-25 21:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-26 5:16 ` Junio C Hamano
[not found] ` <20080627193325.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com>
2008-06-27 22:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-28 0:06 ` しらいしななこ
2008-06-28 22:32 ` しらいしななこ
2008-06-29 8:56 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-25 22:44 ` Petr Baudis
2008-06-26 1:59 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-06-25 20:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-06-26 11:55 ` Björn Steinbrink
2008-06-26 12:07 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-06-26 12:35 ` Björn Steinbrink
2008-06-26 15:55 ` Avery Pennarun
2008-06-26 17:49 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-06-26 12:01 ` Matthieu Moy
2008-06-26 12:09 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-06-26 12:23 ` David Kastrup
2008-06-25 13:19 ` Ian Hilt
2008-06-26 5:31 ` Andreas Ericsson
2008-06-26 16:15 ` Jon Loeliger
2008-06-25 5:29 ` Johannes Gilger
2008-06-24 20:04 ` why is git destructive by default? (i suggest it not be!) David Jeske
2008-06-25 8:57 ` Boaz Harrosh
2008-06-24 18:18 ` Brandon Casey
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5PFjPFEDjCfzf-01l5V7wbFEDjCX7V@videotron.ca>
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5cKsCFEDjC=91MX@videotron.ca>
2008-06-24 2:17 ` Nicolas Pitre [this message]
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5PFjPFEDjCfzf-01l5ciVtFEDjCaD9>
2008-06-24 3:18 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 3:18 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 8:14 ` Lea Wiemann
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5PFjPFEDjCfzf-01l5ciVtFEDjCaD9@videotron.ca>
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5e9cgFEDjCh3F@videotron.ca>
2008-06-24 4:03 ` Nicolas Pitre
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5PFjPFEDjCfzf-01l5fAcTFEDjCWA4>
2008-06-24 4:40 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 5:24 ` Jan Krüger
2008-06-24 4:40 ` David Jeske
[not found] ` <1978205964779154253@unknownmsgid>
2008-06-24 5:20 ` Avery Pennarun
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5PFjPFEDjCfzf-01l5gtQ7FEDjCWCC>
2008-06-24 6:35 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 7:24 ` Jeff King
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5PFjPFEDjCfzf-01l5jmMuFEDjChvB>
2008-06-24 7:31 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 8:16 ` Jeff King
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5PFjPFEDjCfzf-01l5kv6TFEDjCj8S>
2008-06-24 8:30 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 8:30 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 9:39 ` Jakub Narebski
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5PFjPFEDjCfzf-01l5kv6TFEDjCj8S@brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com>
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5lTEoFEDjCVta@brm-avmta-1.central.sun.com>
2008-06-24 10:01 ` Fedor Sergeev
2008-06-24 10:24 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 13:13 ` Theodore Tso
2008-06-24 7:31 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 6:35 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 7:54 ` Jakub Narebski
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5PFjPFEDjCfzf-01l5kQf4FEDjCXUa>
2008-06-24 8:08 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 11:22 ` Jakub Narebski
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5PFjPFEDjCfzf-01l5p7eVFEDjCZRD>
2008-06-24 11:29 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 12:19 ` Rogan Dawes
2008-06-24 12:35 ` Johannes Gilger
2008-06-24 12:46 ` Rogan Dawes
2008-06-24 11:29 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 12:21 ` Jakub Narebski
2008-06-24 12:13 ` Jakub Narebski
2008-06-24 8:08 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 4:59 Teemu Likonen
[not found] ` <e80d075a0806232201o3933d154he2b570986604c30a@mail.gmail.com>
2008-06-24 5:43 ` Teemu Likonen
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2008-06-24 8:35 Björn Steinbrink
[not found] <willow-jeske-01l5oEsvFEDjCjRW>
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5PFjPFEDjCfzf-01l5oEswFEDjCZBN>
2008-06-24 10:42 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 10:42 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 15:29 ` Brandon Casey
[not found] ` <willow-jeske-01l5PFjPFEDjCfzf-01l5uqS9FEDjCcuF>
2008-06-24 16:41 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 18:55 ` Brandon Casey
2008-06-25 12:20 ` Matthieu Moy
2008-06-25 17:56 ` Jing Xue
2008-06-24 16:41 ` David Jeske
2008-06-24 12:21 Olivier Galibert
2008-06-25 18:06 Dmitry Potapov
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