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Re: fsck objects and timestamp ordering

From
Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Sep 25, 2006, 16:48 UTC
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<20060925164855.GC27043@spearce.org>
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Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
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> Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am having trouble with a CVS repository where the timestamp ordering
> > and dependency order are in conflict. It would be best if git didn't
> > experience the same problem.
> 
> It would be best if Git didn't experience a lot of the weird stuff
> people were able to do to their CVS repositories.  Fortunately the
> friendly folks on this mailing list have put the better part of a
> year and a half into doing just that.  :)

Wow, on reread that last sentance seems to imply that the fine people who have contributed to Git have spent the past year and a half making sure Git has plenty of weird stuff contained within it. Which is not what I meant at all. :)

My brain's just not working today (some sort of head cold thing going on). Its probably best that I stay away from anything that requires any sort of logic... such as English.

-- 
Shawn.
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  2. Shawn PearceSep 25, 2006
  3. Shawn PearceSep 25, 2006
  4. Linus TorvaldsSep 25, 2006
  5. Jon SmirlSep 25, 2006

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