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Re: read-only working copies using links

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 24, 2009, 19:35 UTC
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On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 07:43:20PM +0100, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:
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> On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 19:39, Chad Dombrova <chadrik@gmail.com> wrote:
> > what's the case against it, other than the obvious, that it will take more
> > work?
> 
> Good question, I think it was mostly that, someone has to implement it
> (possibly as part of packv4). Backwards compatibility is of course
> always an concern, but I'm not too familiar with the subject, perhaps
> other people on the list (or even those were at the gittogether) can
> comment?

If I understand his proposal correctly, such objects must _not_ be part of a pack. The whole idea is splitting them _more_, not less.

-Peff
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