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Re: [PATCH] Documentation: reword --thin description

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Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 10, 2010, 16:52 UTC
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On 02/10/2010 08:07 AM, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
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> Both the old and the new text are bollocks.
>
> There is no extra cycles involved here.  And linking this to a slow 
> connection is misleading.
>
> The point of --thin is to create a pack containing delta objects while 
> excluding the base objects they depend on when those objects are known 
> to exist in the receiver's repository already.  Because base objects 
> are usually significantly bigger than delta objects, this results in a 
> large reduction in the amount of data to transfer.
Thanks. Maybe this would more accurately describe the option?

Create a pack containing only delta objects when the base objects the delta objects depend upon are present in the receiver's repository. This typically results in less data being transferred. Default: on

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  1. Documentation: reword --thin descriptionStephen Boyd, Feb 10, 2010
  2. Nicolas PitreFeb 10, 2010
  3. Stephen BoydFeb 10, 2010
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2010
  5. Nicolas PitreFeb 10, 2010
  6. [PATCHv2] Documentation: describe --thin more accuratelyStephen Boyd, Feb 12, 2010
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 12, 2010
  8. [PATCHv3] Documentation: describe --thin more accuratelyStephen Boyd, Feb 15, 2010
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2010
  10. Stephen BoydFeb 18, 2010
  11. [PATCHv4] Documentation: describe --thin more accuratelyStephen Boyd, Feb 18, 2010

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