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Re: [PATCH] better git-submodule status output

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Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 7, 2008, 18:29 UTC
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On 7/7/08, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Sylvain Joyeux <sylvain.joyeux@dfki.de> writes:
>  > Is it possible to make 'fetch' only .. well .. fetch objects, without
>  > updating any refs?
>
> Not very easily, and that is very deliberate.  The objects fetched will
>  become dangling if you allowed such a mode of operation, and will
>  immediately become subject to gc.

Is this really desirable? I could imagine dropping an entry (or several entries, or whatever) into the reflog after each fetch, to prevent such fetched objects from being deleted right away.

Avery
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Message 14 of 34 in “better git-submodule status output”
  1. better git-submodule status outputSylvain Joyeux, Jul 1, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 6, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinJul 6, 2008
  4. Sylvain JoyeuxJul 6, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinJul 6, 2008
  6. Sylvain JoyeuxJul 7, 2008
  7. Avery PennarunJul 7, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinJul 7, 2008
  9. Johannes SchindelinJul 7, 2008
  10. Sylvain JoyeuxJul 7, 2008
  11. Johannes SchindelinJul 7, 2008
  12. Sylvain JoyeuxJul 7, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2008
  14. Avery PennarunJul 7, 2008
  15. Junio C HamanoJul 7, 2008
  16. Sylvain JoyeuxJul 8, 2008
  17. Johannes SchindelinJul 8, 2008
  18. Sylvain JoyeuxJul 8, 2008
  19. Johannes SchindelinJul 8, 2008
  20. Sylvain JoyeuxJul 8, 2008
  21. Avery PennarunJul 7, 2008
  22. Johannes SchindelinJul 7, 2008
  23. Avery PennarunJul 7, 2008
  24. Johannes SchindelinJul 7, 2008
  25. Sylvain JoyeuxJul 7, 2008
  26. Sylvain JoyeuxJul 7, 2008
  27. Mark LevedahlJul 6, 2008
  28. Sylvain JoyeuxJul 9, 2008
  29. Andreas EricssonJul 9, 2008
  30. Sylvain JoyeuxJul 9, 2008
  31. Johannes SchindelinJul 9, 2008
  32. Sylvain JoyeuxJul 9, 2008
  33. Johannes SchindelinJul 9, 2008
  34. Junio C HamanoJul 9, 2008

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