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Re: [PATCH 2/3] Different views on a repository

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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Feb 25, 2010, 09:01 UTC
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Andreas Gruenbacher venit, vidit, dixit 24.02.2010 16:57:
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> Add --view options in upload-pack and receive-pack so that a repository
> on the server side can be made to look like several independent
> repositories on the client side.
> 
> This is implemented by transforming ref names: for example, with
> --view=one/, refs/heads/one/master on the server will look like
> refs/heads/master to the client, refs/tags/one/v1 will look like
> refs/tags/v1, etc.
> 
> This allows to transparently share repositories on the server which
> have a lot of objects in common without complicating things for the
> client, and without breaking garbage collection.

Just from this description, I can't see why the same can't be done with appropriate refspecs. (A helper for doing that would be more welcome, of course.)

Maybe a few tests and documentation (i.e. examples, not just the option description) would clear this up?

Michael
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Message 6 of 16 in “Different views on a repository”
  1. Andreas GruenbacherFeb 24, 2010
  2. 1/3 receive-pack: Two small code cleanupsAndreas Gruenbacher, Feb 24, 2010
  3. 2/3 Different views on a repositoryAndreas Gruenbacher, Feb 24, 2010
  4. 3/3 Different views on a repository: HEAD mappingAndreas Gruenbacher, Feb 24, 2010
  5. Shawn O. PearceFeb 24, 2010
  6. Michael J GruberFeb 25, 2010
  7. Andreas GruenbacherFeb 25, 2010
  8. Michael J GruberFeb 25, 2010
  9. Andreas GruenbacherFeb 25, 2010
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2010
  11. Andreas GruenbacherFeb 26, 2010
  12. Andreas GruenbacherFeb 26, 2010
  13. Shawn O. PearceFeb 24, 2010
  14. James PickensFeb 25, 2010
  15. Adam BrewsterFeb 26, 2010
  16. Andreas GruenbacherFeb 26, 2010

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