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Re: [PATCH 02/10] pack-objects: add --partial-by-size=n --partial-special

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Mar 9, 2017, 07:04 UTC
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<20170309070438.r5g2h5vlmgzds4kp@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Wed, Mar 08, 2017 at 03:21:11PM -0500, Jeff Hostetler wrote:
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> > And not ."gitmodules"?
> > 
> > What happens when we later add ".gitsomethingelse"?
> > 
> > Do we have to worry about the case where the set of git "special
> > files" (can we have a better name for them please, by the way?)
> > understood by the sending side and the receiving end is different?
> > 
> > I have a feeling that a mode that makes anything whose name begins
> > with ".git" excempt from the size based cutoff may generally be
> > easier to handle.
> 
> I forgot about ".gitmodules".  The more I think about it, maybe
> we should always include them (or anything starting with ".git*")
> and ignore the size, since they are important for correct behavior.

I'm also in favor of staking out ".git*" as "this is special and belongs to Git".

A while back when we discussed whether to allow symlinks for .gitattributes, etc, I think the consensus was to treat the whole ".git*" namespace consistently. I haven't followed up with patches yet, but my plan was to go that route.

-Peff
Previous: Jeff HostetlerNext: Brandon Williams
Message 5 of 31 in “RFC Partial Clone and Fetch”
  1. 00/10 RFC Partial Clone and FetchJeff Hostetler, Mar 8, 2017
  2. 02/10 pack-objects: add --partial-by-size=n --partial-specialJeff Hostetler, Mar 8, 2017
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2017
  4. Jeff HostetlerMar 8, 2017
  5. Jeff KingMar 9, 2017
  6. Brandon WilliamsMar 10, 2017
  7. Jeff KingMar 10, 2017
  8. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2017
  9. Jeff KingMar 10, 2017
  10. Jeff KingMar 9, 2017
  11. Jeff HostetlerMar 9, 2017
  12. 07/10 index-pack: add --allow-partial option to relax blob existence checksJeff Hostetler, Mar 8, 2017
  13. 05/10 fetch-pack: add partial-by-size and partial-specialJeff Hostetler, Mar 8, 2017
  14. 04/10 upload-pack: add partial (sparse) fetchJeff Hostetler, Mar 8, 2017
  15. Jeff KingMar 9, 2017
  16. Jeff HostetlerMar 9, 2017
  17. Jeff KingMar 9, 2017
  18. 06/10 rev-list: add --allow-partial option to relax connectivity checksJeff Hostetler, Mar 8, 2017
  19. Junio C HamanoMar 8, 2017
  20. Jeff HostetlerMar 8, 2017
  21. Jeff KingMar 9, 2017
  22. Jeff HostetlerMar 9, 2017
  23. 03/10 pack-objects: test for --partial-by-size --partial-specialJeff Hostetler, Mar 8, 2017
  24. Jeff KingMar 9, 2017
  25. Johannes SixtMar 9, 2017
  26. 08/10 fetch: add partial-by-size and partial-special argumentsJeff Hostetler, Mar 8, 2017
  27. 01/10 pack-objects: eat CR in addition to LF after fgets.Jeff Hostetler, Mar 8, 2017
  28. Jeff KingMar 9, 2017
  29. Jeff HostetlerMar 9, 2017
  30. 09/10 clone: add partial-by-size and partial-special argumentsJeff Hostetler, Mar 8, 2017
  31. 10/10 ls-partial: created command to list missing blobsJeff Hostetler, Mar 8, 2017

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