Re: How to pull remote branch with specified commit id?
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> Johannes Sixt wrote:
>> Consider this: You accidentally push a branch with confidential data to a
>> public repository. You notice it early, and quickly delete the branch
>> using 'git push the-repo :refs/heads/that-branch'. At this time the
>> objects with the confidential data are still lingering in the public
>> repository. But with the current behavior noone can access them even if
>> the SHA1 happens to be known.
Doesn't this line of reasoning only apply to the ssh and git transports?
(ie, the file and rsync transport would retrieve it regardless)