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Re: [PATCH] Add test for cloning with "--reference" repo being a subset of source repo

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Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Date
May 22, 2008, 22:31 UTC
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<200805230031.16150.johan@herland.net>
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On Friday 23 May 2008, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
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> From: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
> 
> The first test in this series tests "git clone -l -s --reference B A C",
> where repo B is a superset of repo A (A has one commit, B has the same
> commit plus another). In this case, all objects to be cloned are already
> present in B.
> 
> However, we should also test the case where the "--reference" repo is a
> _subset_ of the source repo (e.g. "git clone -l -s --reference A B C"),
> i.e. some objects are not available in the "--reference" repo, and will
> have to be found in the source repo.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>
Thanks for the resend.
...Johan
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Johan Herland, <johan@herland.net>
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  1. Add test for cloning with "--reference" repo being a subset of source repoDaniel Barkalow, May 22, 2008
  2. Johan HerlandMay 22, 2008

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