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Re: [PATCH 2/2] let pack-objects do the writing of unreachable objects as loose objects

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JRJuergen Ruehle <j.ruehle@bmiag.de>
Date
May 14, 2008, 09:12 UTC
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<18474.44264.479000.403927@lapjr.intranet.kiel.bmiag.de>
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Nicolas Pitre writes:
 > 
 > Commit ccc1297226b184c40459e9d373cc9eebfb7bd898 changed the behavior
 > of 'git repack -A' so unreachable objects are stored as loose objects.
 > However it did so in a naive and inn efficient way by making packs
 > about to be deleted inaccessible and feeding their content through
 > 'git unpack-objects'.  While this works, there are major flaws with
 > this approach:
Doesn't this make git gc --auto a dangerous operation?
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  1. 2/2 let pack-objects do the writing of unreachable objects as loose objectsNicolas Pitre, May 14, 2008
  2. Juergen RuehleMay 14, 2008
  3. Alex RiesenMay 14, 2008

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