{"thread":{"id":"9195","subject":"question on alternates","startedAt":"2007-07-24T10:00:54Z","lastAt":"2007-07-24T10:05:36Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Michael S. Tsirkin","Jakub Narebski"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"48422","messageId":"20070724100053.GA18701@mellanox.co.il","threadId":"9195","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"question on alternates","fromName":"Michael S. Tsirkin","fromEmail":"mst@dev.mellanox.co.il","sentAt":"2007-07-24T10:00:54Z","receivedAt":"2007-07-24T10:00:54Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"mst@kernel.org","avatar":null},"body":"Is it possible to add an alternate to .git/objects/info/alternates\nto an existig repository, after the fact?\nIf I do, is there a way to find and remove objects that\nalready exist in the alternate?\n\nThanks,\n\n-- \nMST\n"},{"id":"48423","messageId":"f84iu9$e27$1@sea.gmane.org","threadId":"9195","inReplyTo":"20070724100053.GA18701@mellanox.co.il","subject":"Re: question on alternates","fromName":"Jakub Narebski","fromEmail":"jnareb@gmail.com","sentAt":"2007-07-24T10:05:36Z","receivedAt":"2007-07-24T10:05:36Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"jnareb@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2706?v=4"},"body":"Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:\n\n> Is it possible to add an alternate to .git/objects/info/alternates\n> to an existig repository, after the fact?\n\nYes.\n\n> If I do, is there a way to find and remove objects that\n> already exist in the alternate?\n\nI guess \"git repack -a -d -l\" (or \"git gc --prune\").\n\n-- \nJakub Narebski\nWarsaw, Poland\nShadeHawk on #git\n"}]}