Re: Git unpack-objects on Windows

From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date: Jan 13, 2011, 12:30 UTC
Message-ID: <4D2EF04B.20108@viscovery.net>
In-Reply-To: <1294916875939-5917819.post@n2.nabble.com>

Am 1/13/2011 12:07, schrieb Kevin Sheedy:

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> 
> I'm trying to import a cvs repository into git using cvs2git. After running
> cvs2git, I'm left with a git pack file. I'm now trying to unpack this file
> using:
> 
> git unpack-objects < myfile.pack
> 
> Or to be more exact:
> 
> $ git unpack-objects <
> "C:/dev/cvsToGitWorkingRepository/.git/objects/pack/pack-479ea920f4a7389f8a52eb6062.pack"
> Unpacking objects: 100% (66409/66409), done.
> 
> It looks like it worked except I'm not getting any unpacked files.

Only objects are unpacked that are not already in the object store. Since you did not move the pack file (and its index) away from the object store, none of its objects needed to be unpacked.

IOW, you observed expected behavior.

Why do you want to unpack some 66000 objects, I have to wonder?

-- Hannes