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Re: 'pu' branch for StGIT

From
Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
Date
Aug 9, 2007, 14:24 UTC
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On 2007-08-09 16:18:48 +0200, Karl Hasselström wrote:
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> I saw the same problem today. I haven't had time to look into it,
> but I believe it's due to stgit trying to directly modify files
> under .git/refs instead of using git-update-ref, which breaks with
> packed refs. The DAG patches rely much more on the refs, so the bug
> is more severe in that case.

git-gc started packing refs by default in late May. That's probably what's caused it to surface.

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Karl Hasselström, kha@treskal.com
      www.treskal.com/kalle
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