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Re: combine git repo historically

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 11, 2009, 14:29 UTC
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<200910111629.45111.jnareb@gmail.com>
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<200910111543.39327.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Dnia niedziela 11. października 2009 15:43, Christian Couder napisał:
> On Sunday 11 October 2009, Johannes Sixt wrote:
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> > There is no way to retrieve the original commit using plumbing 
> > unless the replacement is removed. Am I right?
> 
> I think you are right, but a flag could be easily added to some commands to 
> retreive original objects. Or you can remove the replacement, retrieve the 
> object and then put back the replacement.

Wouldn't it be better for this option to be option for git wrapper, i.e.

 $ git --no-replace cat-file -p N
and not
 $ git cat-file --no-replace -p N
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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Message 11 of 12 in “combine git repo historically”
  1. bill lamOct 9, 2009
  2. Johannes SixtOct 9, 2009
  3. Christian CouderOct 9, 2009
  4. bill lamOct 10, 2009
  5. Christian CouderOct 11, 2009
  6. bill lamOct 11, 2009
  7. Christian CouderOct 11, 2009
  8. Jakub NarebskiOct 11, 2009
  9. Johannes SixtOct 11, 2009
  10. Christian CouderOct 11, 2009
  11. Jakub NarebskiOct 11, 2009
  12. Andreas SchwabOct 11, 2009

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