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Re: [JGIT PATCH 09/21] Remember how a Ref was read in from disk and created

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Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>
Date
Jun 29, 2008, 13:51 UTC
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söndagen den 29 juni 2008 09.59.19 skrev Shawn O. Pearce:
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> To efficiently deleted or update a ref we need to know where
> it came from when it was read into the process.  If the ref
> is being updated we can usually just write the loose file,
> but if it is being deleted we may need to remove not just a
> loose file but also delete it from the packed-refs.

One could argue that we should not normally just delete a ref, but mark it as deleted and let git gc delete it when it expires, just like any old ref, but then we should try to get C Git to do the same. There was a thread relating to this recently.

-- robi
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Message 25 of 27 in “Push support over SFTP and (encrypted) Amazon S3”
  1. 00/21 Push support over SFTP and (encrypted) Amazon S3Shawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  2. 01/21 Remove unused index files when WalkFetchConnection closesShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  3. 02/21 Do not show URIish passwords in TransportExceptionsShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  4. 03/21 Use PackedObjectInfo as a base class for PackWriter's ObjectToPackShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  5. 04/21 Refactor PackWriter to hold onto the sorted object listShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  6. 05/21 Save the pack checksum after computing it in PackWriterShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  7. 06/21 Allow PackIndexWriter to use any subclass of PackedObjectInfoShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  8. 07/21 Allow PackWriter to create a corresponding index fileShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  9. 08/21 Allow PackWriter to prepare object list and compute name before writingShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  10. 09/21 Remember how a Ref was read in from disk and createdShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  11. 10/21 Simplify walker transport ref advertisement setupShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  12. 11/21 Indicate the protocol jgit doesn't support push overShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  13. 12/21 WalkTransport must allow subclasses to implement openPushShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  14. 13/21 Support push over the sftp:// dumb transportShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  15. 14/21 Extract readPackedRefs from TransportSftp for reuseShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  16. 15/21 Specialized byte array output stream for large filesShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  17. 16/21 Add Robert Harder's public domain Base64 encoding utilityShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  18. 17/21 Misc. documentation fixes to Base64 utilityShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  19. 18/21 Extract the basic HTTP proxy support to its own classShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  20. 19/21 Create a really simple Amazon S3 REST clientShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  21. 20/21 Add client side encryption to Amazon S3 client libraryShawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  22. 21/21 Bidirectional protocol support for Amazon S3Shawn O. Pearce, Jun 29, 2008
  23. Robin RosenbergJun 29, 2008
  24. Shawn O. PearceJun 29, 2008
  25. Robin RosenbergJun 29, 2008
  26. Johannes SchindelinJun 29, 2008
  27. Shawn O. PearceJun 29, 2008

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