From: Andreas Klöckner Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:34:12 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCHv1+eps] git-repack.txt: Clarify implications of -a for dumb protocols Message-ID: <200906040934.39475.lists@informa.tiker.net> In-Reply-To: <1244115295-28688-1-git-send-email-git@drmicha.warpmail.net> Thanks, that's much better! Andreas On Donnerstag 04 Juni 2009, Michael J Gruber wrote: > 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 > --- > 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.