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Re: [PATCH 1/2] replace: use a GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS env variable

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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Nov 17, 2009, 09:33 UTC
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Christian Couder venit, vidit, dixit 17.11.2009 06:11:
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> This environment variable is set when the --no-replace-objects
> flag is passed to git, and it is read when other environment
> variables are read.
> 
> It is useful for example for scripts, as the git commands used in
> them can now be aware that they must not read replace refs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Couder <chriscool@tuxfamily.org>
Tested-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>

:) This works, thanks, as well as the gitk patch 2/2, which is difficult to cover by test scripts. Some OSes (or rather certain setenv/putenv variants) have problems distinguishing an unset variable from an empty one. I think we've worked around this, but avoiding it is safer, as J6t pointed out.

Thanks! Michael

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  1. 1/2 replace: use a GIT_NO_REPLACE_OBJECTS env variableChristian Couder, Nov 17, 2009
  2. Johannes SixtNov 17, 2009
  3. Christian CouderNov 18, 2009
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