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Re: Git'ing a non-labeled set of sources

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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 8, 2007, 21:20 UTC
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Sparks, Sam, Wed, Aug 08, 2007 21:52:14 +0200:
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> >From: Peter Baumann [mailto:waste.manager@gmx.de] 
> >
> >Because there is no 5b1313fb2758ffce8b624457f777d8cc6709608d in the
> >repo.
> 
> Does git allow the removal of commits? I don't understand how I was able
> to download it a couple of months ago, but it is no longer accessible.

They cleaned up. Rebased or discarded the branch which had the commit and cleaned up. That's what "git gc" and "git prune" do.

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  1. Sparks, SamAug 8, 2007
  2. Peter BaumannAug 8, 2007
  3. Sparks, SamAug 8, 2007
  4. Peter BaumannAug 8, 2007
  5. Sparks, SamAug 8, 2007
  6. Sparks, SamAug 8, 2007
  7. Alex RiesenAug 8, 2007
  8. Jan HudecAug 9, 2007

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