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Re: clone breaks replace

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 11, 2011, 19:51 UTC
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<20110111195107.GA18714@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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<201101112048.57326.j6t@kdbg.org>
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 08:48:57PM +0100, Johannes Sixt wrote:
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> On Dienstag, 11. Januar 2011, Jeff King wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:24:01AM -0500, Phillip Susi wrote:
> > > Yes, either a new branch or separate historical repository could be
> > > published to pull the original history from, or git would need to pass
> > > the --no-replace-objects flag to git-upload-pack on the server, causing
> > > it to ignore the replace and send the original history.
> >
> > AFAIK, git can't pass --no-replace-objects to the server over git:// (or
> > smart http). You would need a protocol extension.
> 
> Why would you have to? git-upload-pack never looks at replacement objects.

I think you missed the first part of this discussion. Phillip is proposing that it should, and I am arguing against it.

-Peff
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Message 28 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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