Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: git-merge no longer uses cpio

From: Mike Hommey <mh@glandium.org>
Date: Feb 6, 2008, 22:55 UTC
Message-ID: <20080206225505.GA16181@glandium.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0802062245010.8543@racer.site>

On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 10:46:12PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

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> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Gerrit Pape wrote:
> 
> > Since a64d7784e830b3140e7d0f2b45cb3d8fafb84cca git merge doesn't use cpio
> > anymore, adapt the documentation.
> 
> $ git grep cpio | cut -c1-60
> INSTALL:        - "cpio" is used by git-merge for saving and restor
> git-clone.sh:           find objects -depth -print | cpio -pumd$l "$G
> git-gui/Makefile:INSTALL_A1 = | cpio -pud
> git-gui/Makefile:       INSTALL_A1 = && echo '   ' INSTALL '   ' `
> 
> So it seems that git-clone still relies on it.

BTW, is there a topic-branch somewhere with a reimplementation of git-clone in C ?

Mike