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Re: [Bug] data loss with cyclic alternates

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Keller, Jacob E <jacob.e.keller@intel.com>
Date
Jul 11, 2014, 18:01 UTC
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On Fri, 2014-07-11 at 09:01 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Ephrim Khong <dr.khong@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > git seems to have issues with alternates when cycles are present (repo
> > A has B/objects as alternates, B has A/objects as alternates).
> 
> Yeah, don't do that.  A thinks "eh, the other guy must have it" and
> B thinks the same.  In general, do not prune or gc a repository
> other repositories borrow from, even if there is no cycle, because
> the borrowee does not know anythning about objects that it itself no
> longer needs but are still needed by its borrowers.
>

Doesn't gc get run automatically at some points? Is the automatic gc run setup to avoid this problem?

Thanks, Jake

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Message 3 of 16 in “[Bug] data loss with cyclic alternates”
  1. Ephrim KhongJul 11, 2014
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2014
  3. Keller, Jacob EJul 11, 2014
  4. Jeff KingJul 12, 2014
  5. Keller, Jacob EJul 14, 2014
  6. Ephrim KhongJul 13, 2014
  7. sha1_file: do not add own object directory as alternateEphrim Khong, Jul 14, 2014
  8. Duy NguyenJul 14, 2014
  9. Ephrim KhongJul 14, 2014
  10. Johannes SixtJul 15, 2014
  11. sha1_file: do not add own object directory as alternateEphrim Khong, Jul 15, 2014
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 15, 2014
  13. Ephrim KhongJul 16, 2014
  14. Eric SunshineJul 15, 2014
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 15, 2014
  16. Ephrim KhongJul 16, 2014

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