From: Philip Oakley Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 12:09:17 GMT Subject: Re: Git v2.11.0 breaks max depth nested alternates Message-ID: <4F8F730766044D0DB6CF89DDC579F36D@PhilipOakley> In-Reply-To: <20161205071822.ndeswelgj5epej5k@sigill.intra.peff.net> From: "Jeff King" > On Sun, Dec 04, 2016 at 11:22:52AM -0000, Philip Oakley wrote: > >> > Ever since 722ff7f876 (receive-pack: quarantine objects until >> > pre-receive accepts, 2016-10-03, v2.11.0), Git has been quarantining >> > objects and packs received during an incoming push into a separate >> > objects directory and using the alternates mechanism to make them >> > available until they are either accepted and moved into the main >> > objects directory or rejected and discarded. >> >> Is there a step here that after the accepted/rejected stage, it should >> then >> decrement the limit back to its original value. The problem description >> suggests that might be the case. > > No. I thought that at first, too, but this increment happens in the > sub-process which is using the extra level of alternates for its entire > lifetime. So it "resets" it by exiting, and the parent process never > increments its internal value at all. > Thanks for the clarification. -- Philip