From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:08:45 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] clone: always fetch remote HEAD
Message-ID: <20110606160845.GB11485@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimuU6fxS+CoL=rpQbN4vfRyMNOMJQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 08:50:41PM -0500, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:

> > Does that make sense? If so, then I think the right fix is for testgit
> > ti ignore all imports after the first one (since the first one will have
> > done all available refs). And the patch is:
> 
> We can do that yes, although it would be even better if we could make
> testgit implement importing only a limited set of branches, as I
> assume that will be common. Nonetheless, this will do for now I think.

Yeah, I think that is a better model for showing people who are trying
to write their own helpers. We just have to read each "import" line,
saving the list of refs; when git disconnects from us, we know there are
no more, and we can start fast-import with the correct arguments.

-Peff