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Re: [PATCH] Re: Gitk --all error when there are more than 797 refs in a repository

From
Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date
Nov 3, 2009, 10:41 UTC
Message-ID
<19184.2253.656355.506185@cargo.ozlabs.ibm.com>
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Alex Riesen writes:
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> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 02:39, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> > Pat Thoyts <patthoyts@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> >>      if {$revs eq {}} {
> >>         set revs HEAD
> >> +    } elseif {$revs eq "--all"} {
> >> +        return $revs
> >>      }
> >
> > That looks like an ugly hack (aka sweeping the issue under the rug).
> >
> 
> And it is a race condition. By the time git log has got --all list of references
> it may look completely different to what gitk has.

Yes, exactly. Until git log understands --stdin, I think the only real solution is to disable the view update optimization on windows.

Paul.
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Message 15 of 19 in “Gitk --all error when there are more than 797 refs in a repository”
  1. Murphy, JohnSep 17, 2009
  2. Re: Gitk --all error when there are more than 797 refs in a repositoryPat Thoyts, Sep 18, 2009
  3. Johannes SixtSep 18, 2009
  4. Re: Gitk --all error when there are more than 797 refs in a repositoryPaul Mackerras, Sep 19, 2009
  5. Murphy, JohnSep 21, 2009
  6. Johannes SixtSep 21, 2009
  7. Murphy, JohnSep 21, 2009
  8. Johannes SixtSep 21, 2009
  9. Pat ThoytsSep 21, 2009
  10. Murphy, JohnSep 22, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2009
  13. Pat ThoytsSep 22, 2009
  14. Alex RiesenNov 3, 2009
  15. Paul MackerrasNov 3, 2009
  16. Paul MackerrasSep 22, 2009
  17. Junio C HamanoSep 23, 2009
  18. Paul MackerrasNov 3, 2009
  19. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2009

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