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Re: full kernel history, in patchset format

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CLChristopher Li <git@chrisli.org>
Date
Apr 16, 2005, 16:26 UTC
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We can just have a baseline file contain all the commit objects. Then have the git "download on demand". The problem with diff package is that I it is harder to merge with more than one diff.

I bet 90% of the time people sync to the repository head first want to check out the last bits. And maybe reading some change log to see what is changed.

So having all the commit object, the user will able to see what is change and which version he we like to check out.

Then he can issue a command "download me all the objects is needed for checkout the this commit". Download of demand should be even better.

Chris
On Sat, Apr 16, 2005 at 12:19:22PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> >>>>> "MT" == Mike Taht <mike.taht@timesys.com> writes:
> 
> MT> alternatively, "git-archive-torrent" to create a list of files for a
> MT> bittorrent feed....
> 
> That is certainly good for establishing the baseline, but you
> still need to leverage the inherent delta-compressibility
> between related blobs/trees by also doing something like what I
> described as "diff package", don't you?
> 
> 
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  1. Ingo MolnarApr 16, 2005
  2. Ingo MolnarApr 16, 2005
  3. David MansfieldApr 16, 2005
  4. Ingo MolnarApr 16, 2005
  5. Francois RomieuApr 16, 2005
  6. Linus TorvaldsApr 16, 2005
  7. Petr BaudisApr 16, 2005
  8. Christopher LiApr 16, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2005
  10. Mike TahtApr 16, 2005
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2005
  12. Christopher LiApr 16, 2005
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2005
  14. Mike TahtApr 16, 2005
  15. Daniel BarkalowApr 16, 2005
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2005
  17. Jan-Benedict GlawApr 16, 2005
  18. Thomas GleixnerApr 16, 2005
  19. Petr BaudisApr 16, 2005
  20. Petr BaudisApr 16, 2005
  21. Thomas GleixnerApr 16, 2005
  22. Linus TorvaldsApr 16, 2005
  23. Thomas GleixnerApr 16, 2005
  24. Petr BaudisApr 16, 2005
  25. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2005
  26. Linus TorvaldsApr 16, 2005
  27. Thomas GleixnerApr 16, 2005
  28. David LangApr 16, 2005
  29. Ingo MolnarApr 16, 2005
  30. David WoodhouseApr 17, 2005
  31. Petr BaudisApr 17, 2005
  32. David WoodhouseApr 18, 2005
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  34. David WoodhouseApr 18, 2005
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  36. David WoodhouseApr 18, 2005
  37. Petr BaudisApr 18, 2005
  38. Linus TorvaldsApr 18, 2005
  39. David WoodhouseApr 18, 2005
  40. Catalin MarinasApr 18, 2005
  41. David MansfieldApr 18, 2005
  42. Catalin MarinasApr 19, 2005

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