From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
To: James Pickens <jepicken@gmail.com>
Cc: Git ML <git@vger.kernel.org>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: 'git clone' doesn't use alternates automatically?
Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 13:08:02 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3tz7fw5ek.fsf@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <885649360901311208s4bc17ae3me2062b07b302291e@mail.gmail.com>
James Pickens <jepicken@gmail.com> writes:
> So, is there any reason 'git clone' shouldn't automatically use
> the alternates that it copied into the new repository? I might
> look into writing a patch if nobody objects.
Alternates are fragile with respect to garbage collecting in the
repository you borrow objects from.
--
Jakub Narebski
Poland
ShadeHawk on #git
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-31 21:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-01-30 22:12 'git clone' doesn't use alternates automatically? James Pickens
2009-01-31 7:12 ` Jeff King
2009-01-31 20:08 ` James Pickens
2009-01-31 21:08 ` Jakub Narebski [this message]
2009-01-31 21:43 ` James Pickens
2009-01-31 21:55 ` Jeff King
2009-02-01 1:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-02-02 13:07 ` Jeff King
2009-02-03 4:30 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-02-03 6:06 ` Jeff King
2009-02-01 0:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-02-01 1:32 ` James Pickens
2009-02-01 1:38 ` Junio C Hamano
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