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Re: [RFC PATCH v2] fetch-pack: log(n)-transmission find_common()

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Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date
Oct 28, 2008, 19:37 UTC
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<200810282037.36275.trast@student.ethz.ch>
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Nicolas Pitre wrote:
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> FWIW, I had to back this patch out from my version as things seemed to 
> fall into an infinite loop of ref negotiation while fetching the Linux 
> kernel repository at some point.  Doing a "git fetch -v -v" turned up an 
> endless stream of "got" and "have" lines.  I was in a hurry for $work so 
> didn't think of preserving my local refs for reproduction of the 
> problem.

Ah. Thanks for the report, though having a test case would be great. I've been running it without problems since I completed v2 more than a month ago, so I don't expect it to be an obvious mistake.

- Thomas
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Thomas Rast
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Message 9 of 13 in “[RFC] log(n)-transmissions common commit handshake”
  1. Thomas RastSep 17, 2008
  2. fetch-pack: log(n)-transmission find_common()Thomas Rast, Sep 17, 2008
  3. fetch-pack: log(n)-transmission find_common()Thomas Rast, Sep 24, 2008
  4. fetch-pack: log(n)-transmission find_common()Thomas Rast, Oct 23, 2008
  5. Nicolas PitreOct 24, 2008
  6. Nanako ShiraishiOct 27, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2008
  8. Nicolas PitreOct 28, 2008
  9. Thomas RastOct 28, 2008
  10. 0/2 fetch-pack: log(n)-transmission find_common()Thomas Rast, Dec 6, 2008
  11. 1/2 fetch-pack: rearrange main loopThomas Rast, Dec 6, 2008
  12. 2/2 fetch-pack: log(n)-transmission find_common()Thomas Rast, Dec 6, 2008
  13. Thomas RastSep 18, 2008

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