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Re: clone breaks replace

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 11, 2011, 05:36 UTC
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<20110111053653.GB10094@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 02:58:34PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> >   2. Should clone fetch refs from refs/replace (either by default, or
> >      with an option)?
> > ...
> > Which leads to the second question. It is basically a matter of saying
> > "do you want to fetch the view that upstream has"? I can definitely see
> > that being useful, and meriting an option. However, it may or may not be
> > worth turning on by default, as upstream's view may be confusing.
> 
> I think that should be stated a bit differently.  "Do you want to fetch
> the view that the upstream offers as an option, and if you want, which
> ones (meaning: there could be more than one replacement grafts to give
> different views)?"

Sure, I think that is a sane way for the user to think about it, but do we actually support multiple views? I thought replacement objects were all or nothing.

-Peff
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Message 13 of 34 in “clone breaks replace”
  1. Phillip SusiJan 6, 2011
  2. Jonathan NiederJan 6, 2011
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 6, 2011
  4. Phillip SusiJan 7, 2011
  5. Jonathan NiederJan 7, 2011
  6. Stephen BashJan 7, 2011
  7. Jonathan NiederJan 7, 2011
  8. Phillip SusiJan 7, 2011
  9. Jonathan NiederJan 7, 2011
  10. Phillip SusiJan 7, 2011
  11. Jeff KingJan 7, 2011
  12. Junio C HamanoJan 7, 2011
  13. Jeff KingJan 11, 2011
  14. Junio C HamanoJan 11, 2011
  15. Jeff KingJan 11, 2011
  16. Jonathan NiederJan 11, 2011
  17. Jeff KingJan 11, 2011
  18. Christian CouderJan 11, 2011
  19. Phillip SusiJan 8, 2011
  20. Jeff KingJan 11, 2011
  21. Jonathan NiederJan 11, 2011
  22. Phillip SusiJan 11, 2011
  23. Jonathan NiederJan 11, 2011
  24. Phillip SusiJan 11, 2011
  25. Phillip SusiJan 11, 2011
  26. Jeff KingJan 11, 2011
  27. Johannes SixtJan 11, 2011
  28. Jeff KingJan 11, 2011
  29. Johannes SixtJan 11, 2011
  30. Phillip SusiJan 11, 2011
  31. Jonathan NiederJan 11, 2011
  32. Phillip SusiJan 12, 2011
  33. small downloads and immutable history (Re: clone breaks replace)Jonathan Nieder, Jan 14, 2011
  34. Phillip SusiJan 15, 2011

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