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Re: [PATCH] Do not run git-pack-refs by default for now from git-gc

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Feb 13, 2007, 10:29 UTC
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<20070213102951.GA14903@coredump.intra.peff.net>
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On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 11:03:32AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> It seems to me that the reason are dumb transports, which are very likely 
> to run only from bare repositories. How about checking for a bare 
> repository explicitely, and only if it _is_ bare, check for gc.packrefs, 
> too?

The way you have stated it, I think we will get a lot of "I set gc.packrefs, but it doesn't do anything!" complaints. I think a tri-state "yes/no/notbare" defaulting to "notbare" makes more sense. But maybe you meant the other way around in the first place.

-Peff
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Message 4 of 9 in “linux-2.6.git/packed-refs???”
  1. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2007
  2. Do not run git-pack-refs by default for now from git-gcJunio C Hamano, Feb 13, 2007
  3. Johannes SchindelinFeb 13, 2007
  4. Jeff KingFeb 13, 2007
  5. Johannes SchindelinFeb 13, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 13, 2007
  7. git-gc: run pack-refs by default unless the repo is bareJohannes Schindelin, Feb 13, 2007
  8. Theodore TsoFeb 13, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinFeb 13, 2007

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