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Re: [PATCH 6/6] remove .keep pack lock files when done with refs update

From
Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Nov 2, 2006, 05:18 UTC
Message-ID
<20061102051827.GA4595@spearce.org>
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<11624187883225-git-send-email-nico@cam.org>
Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> wrote:
> This makes both git-fetch and git-push (fetch-pack and receive-pack)
> safe against a possible race with aparallel git-repack -a -d that could
> prune the new pack while it is not yet referenced, and remove the .keep
> file after refs have been updated.

Thanks for finishing this series out. I've gotten sidetracked the past two days and wasn't able to finish it myself. Nicely done too, your code looks much better than my drafts... :-)

Previous: Nicolas PitreNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 7 of 13 in “Allow pack header preprocessing before unpack-objects/index-pack.”
  1. 1/6 Allow pack header preprocessing before unpack-objects/index-pack.Nicolas Pitre, Nov 1, 2006
  2. 2/6 Teach receive-pack how to keep pack files based on object count.Nicolas Pitre, Nov 1, 2006
  3. 3/6 git-fetch can use both --thin and --keep with fetch-pack nowNicolas Pitre, Nov 1, 2006
  4. 4/6 improve fetch-pack's handling of kept packsNicolas Pitre, Nov 1, 2006
  5. 5/6 have index-pack create .keep file more carefullyNicolas Pitre, Nov 1, 2006
  6. 6/6 remove .keep pack lock files when done with refs updateNicolas Pitre, Nov 1, 2006
  7. Shawn PearceNov 2, 2006
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2006
  9. Nicolas PitreNov 2, 2006
  10. Nicolas PitreNov 2, 2006
  11. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoNov 1, 2006
  13. Nicolas PitreNov 2, 2006

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