Re: [PATCHv1+eps] git-repack.txt: Clarify implications of -a for dumb protocols
Thanks, that's much better!
Andreas
On Donnerstag 04 Juni 2009, Michael J Gruber wrote:
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> The current text makes some users feel uneasy, worrying whether
> '-a' could lead to corrupt repositories. Clarify that '-a'
> may lead to performance issues only for dumb protocols.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
> ---
> Is that clear enough but concise?
>
> Applies to maint.
>
> [Sorry for the resend, I managed to mistype the subject.]
>
> Documentation/git-repack.txt | 5 ++++-
> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
> index aaa8852..8af5505 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
> @@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ OPTIONS
> pack everything referenced into a single pack.
> Especially useful when packing a repository that is used
> for private development and there is no need to worry
> - about people fetching via dumb protocols from it. Use
> + about people fetching via dumb protocols from it.
> + (Over dumb protocols, one would have to fetch the whole new
> + pack in order to get any contained object, no matter how
> + many other objects in that pack exist locally already.) Use
> with '-d'. This will clean up the objects that `git prune`
> leaves behind, but `git fsck --full` shows as
> dangling.