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[PATCH 0/7] Make alternates affect fetch behavior

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mhagger@alum.mit.edu <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>
Date
Feb 11, 2012, 06:20 UTC
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From: Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>

It used to be that alternate references were not considered "complete" when fetching via fetch-pack. This failure was not so obvious because the big benefit of alternates is seen when cloning, and clone used a different data path: it put the alternate references into extra refs (which makes them look like references within the local repository).

This patch series teaches fetch-pack to treat objects that are available via alternates as "complete".

Once that is fixed, clone doesn't need to use the special extra_refs kludge, so change that.

And once that is changed, the extra_refs API is no longer needed at all, so remove it.

Michael Haggerty (7):
  t5700: document a failure of alternates to affect fetch
  clone.c: move more code into the "if (refs)" conditional
  fetch-pack.c: rename some parameters from "path" to "refname"
  fetch-pack.c: inline insert_alternate_refs()
  everything_local(): mark alternate refs as complete
  clone: do not add alternate references to extra_refs
  refs: remove the extra_refs API
 builtin/clone.c            |   51 +++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 builtin/fetch-pack.c       |   23 ++++++++++---------
 refs.c                     |   23 +-------------------
 refs.h                     |    8 -------
 t/t5700-clone-reference.sh |   34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 5 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-)
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1.7.9
Next: mhagger@alum.mit.edu
Message 1 of 14 in “Make alternates affect fetch behavior”
  1. 0/7 Make alternates affect fetch behaviormhagger@alum.mit.edu, Feb 11, 2012
  2. 1/7 t5700: document a failure of alternates to affect fetchmhagger@alum.mit.edu, Feb 11, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2012
  4. Michael HaggertyFeb 13, 2012
  5. 2/7 clone.c: move more code into the "if (refs)" conditionalmhagger@alum.mit.edu, Feb 11, 2012
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2012
  7. 3/7 fetch-pack.c: rename some parameters from "path" to "refname"mhagger@alum.mit.edu, Feb 11, 2012
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2012
  9. 4/7 fetch-pack.c: inline insert_alternate_refs()mhagger@alum.mit.edu, Feb 11, 2012
  10. 5/7 everything_local(): mark alternate refs as completemhagger@alum.mit.edu, Feb 11, 2012
  11. 6/7 clone: do not add alternate references to extra_refsmhagger@alum.mit.edu, Feb 11, 2012
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2012
  13. 7/7 refs: remove the extra_refs APImhagger@alum.mit.edu, Feb 11, 2012
  14. Jeff KingFeb 14, 2012

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