Re: [PATCH RESEND] gitk: add "--no-replace-objects" option

From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date: Dec 13, 2009, 23:09 UTC
Message-ID: <20091213230923.GB8135@brick.ozlabs.ibm.com>
In-Reply-To: <20091212045240.4249.66874.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 05:52:39AM +0100, Christian Couder wrote:

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> Replace refs are useful to change some git objects after they
> have started to be shared between different repositories. One
> might want to ignore them to see the original state, and
> "--no-replace-objects" option can be used from the command
> line to do so.
> 
> This option simply sets the GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS environment
> variable, and that is enough to make gitk ignore replace refs.
> 
> The GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS is set to "1" instead of "" as it is
> safer on some platforms, thanks to Johannes Sixt and Michael J
> Gruber.
> 
> Tested-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>

Thanks, applied.

Paul.