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Re: [PATCH] cache-tree: do not cache empty trees

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 16, 2011, 14:29 UTC
Message-ID
<201102161530.01017.jnareb@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To
<20110215111926.5fdafa1d@chalon.bertin.fr>
On Tue, 15 Feb 2011, Yann Dirson wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:30:00 -0600
> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > For storage of empty subtrees in repos imported from svn, Yann's idea
> > of using .gitattributes somehow (maybe in the parent directory or
> > maybe in the subdir itself) seems oddly appealing.
> 
> In fact, I was mostly thinking about only using the
> toplevel .gitattributes, if only to avoid the same sort
> of clutter caused by the .gitignore-trick.

I was thinking about configuration variable (to keep or automatically delete empty directories), overridable per-pathname basis with .gitattributes, similarly to 'eof' situation.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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Message 19 of 20 in “cache-tree: do not cache empty trees”
  1. cache-tree: do not cache empty treesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 5, 2011
  2. cache-tree: do not cache empty treesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 5, 2011
  3. Jonathan NiederFeb 5, 2011
  4. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 5, 2011
  5. cache-tree: do not cache empty treesNguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy, Feb 5, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2011
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 7, 2011
  8. correct type of EMPTY_TREE_SHA1_BINJonathan Nieder, Feb 7, 2011
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2011
  10. Jonathan NiederFeb 7, 2011
  11. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 7, 2011
  12. Ilari LiusvaaraFeb 7, 2011
  13. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 7, 2011
  14. Jonathan NiederFeb 7, 2011
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2011
  16. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyFeb 8, 2011
  17. Jonathan NiederFeb 8, 2011
  18. Yann DirsonFeb 15, 2011
  19. Jakub NarebskiFeb 16, 2011
  20. Ilari LiusvaaraFeb 8, 2011

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