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From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: question on alternates
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 12:05:36 +0200
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Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:

> Is it possible to add an alternate to .git/objects/info/alternates
> to an existig repository, after the fact?

Yes.

> If I do, is there a way to find and remove objects that
> already exist in the alternate?

I guess "git repack -a -d -l" (or "git gc --prune").

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Jakub Narebski
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