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

From
Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Date
Dec 27, 2009, 17:26 UTC
Message-ID
<200912271826.19058.chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
In-Reply-To
<20091213230923.GB8135@brick.ozlabs.ibm.com>
On lundi 14 décembre 2009, Paul Mackerras wrote:
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> On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 05:52:39AM +0100, Christian Couder wrote:
> > 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.

Thanks, but it looks like the patch is not in v1.6.6. Could you ask Junio to pull from you?

Best regards, Christian.

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