From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Jakub Narebski Subject: Re: git-pull from git.git - no remote ref for pu or next? Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:18:06 +0100 Organization: At home Message-ID: References: <863b7l83o9.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> <86y7pd6oz7.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:20:21 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 28 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-81-190-25-107.torun.mm.pl Mail-Copies-To: jnareb@gmail.com User-Agent: KNode/0.10.2 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GuDAo-0000hk-JN for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:20:18 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932382AbWLLTUL (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:20:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932386AbWLLTUK (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:20:10 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:57739 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932385AbWLLTUH (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Dec 2006 14:20:07 -0500 Received: from root by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GuDAY-0005ZU-56 for git@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:20:02 +0100 Received: from host-81-190-25-107.torun.mm.pl ([81.190.25.107]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:20:02 +0100 Received: from jnareb by host-81-190-25-107.torun.mm.pl with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 12 Dec 2006 20:20:02 +0100 To: git@vger.kernel.org Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Johannes Schindelin wrote: >> > rsync generally _works_ apart from the slight race-condition issue, >> >> ... and git would probably change the pack structure (i.e. which objects >> are in which packs, or even loose) which would be too bad for all those >> HTTP leechers ... > > Well, as it is, I end up repacking my git archives on kernel.org every two > weeks or so anyway, so anybody who uses stupid protocols (rsync or http) > will end up downloading everything anew anyway. What about "logaritmic packs" idea someone (Pasky?) posted on git mailing list: pack from last week, pack from last month except last week, pack from two months, pack from four months, pack from last year... > And kernel.org will probably start doing automatic repacking, since the > current situation just means that some people don't repack on their own, > and have tens of thousands of loose objects. ...with *.keep to keep archive packs it can be even automated somewhat. -- Jakub Narebski Warsaw, Poland ShadeHawk on #git