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Re: [PATCH v6 3/3] bundle doc: elaborate on rev<->ref restriction

From
Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
Date
Jul 21, 2021, 09:27 UTC
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On 20/07/2021 21:19, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> +Revisions must accompanied by reference names to be packaged in a
>> +bundle, since the header of the bundle is in a format similar to 'git
>> +show-ref'.
> This may be an improvement in the way how the description refers to
> "show-ref", but we do not have to say anything about "show-ref" ;-)
>
> The reason we should give readers why they must give refs while
> creating a bundle, I think, is because the only way to access the
> contents of the bundle is to fetch refs from it, and the refs given
> to the command when the bundle was created becomes the refs that can
> be fetched from the bundle.
>
> Thanks.
>

Should the `list-heads` option be mentioned for investigating existing bundles? -- Philip

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Message 25 of 41 in “bundle doc: rewrite the "DESCRIPTION" section”
  1. bundle doc: rewrite the "DESCRIPTION" sectionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 7, 2021
  2. bundle doc: rewrite the "DESCRIPTION" sectionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 7, 2021
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 7, 2021
  4. 0/3 bundle doc: generaliz & elaborateÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 24, 2021
  5. 1/3 bundle doc: rewrite the "DESCRIPTION" sectionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 24, 2021
  6. Junio C HamanoJun 29, 2021
  7. 2/3 bundle doc: split out thin v.s. not discussion from <rev-arg>Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 24, 2021
  8. Junio C HamanoJun 29, 2021
  9. 3/3 bundle doc: elaborate on rev<->ref restrictionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 24, 2021
  10. 0/3 bundle doc: generalize & elaborateÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 30, 2021
  11. 2/3 bundle doc: split out open v.s. closed discussion from <rev-arg>Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 30, 2021
  12. Junio C HamanoJun 30, 2021
  13. 1/3 bundle doc: rewrite the "DESCRIPTION" sectionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 30, 2021
  14. 3/3 bundle doc: elaborate on rev<->ref restrictionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jun 30, 2021
  15. 0/3 bundle doc: generalize & elaborateÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 2, 2021
  16. 1/3 bundle doc: rewrite the "DESCRIPTION" sectionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 2, 2021
  17. 2/3 bundle doc: elaborate on object prerequisitesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 2, 2021
  18. Junio C HamanoJul 2, 2021
  19. 3/3 bundle doc: elaborate on rev<->ref restrictionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 2, 2021
  20. 0/3 bundle doc: generalize & elaborateÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2021
  21. 2/3 bundle doc: elaborate on object prerequisitesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2021
  22. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2021
  23. 3/3 bundle doc: elaborate on rev<->ref restrictionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2021
  24. Junio C HamanoJul 20, 2021
  25. Philip OakleyJul 21, 2021
  26. Junio C HamanoJul 21, 2021
  27. Philip OakleyJul 22, 2021
  28. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 22, 2021
  29. Philip OakleyJul 22, 2021
  30. 1/3 bundle doc: rewrite the "DESCRIPTION" sectionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 20, 2021
  31. 0/3 bundle doc: generalize & elaborateÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2021
  32. 1/3 bundle doc: rewrite the "DESCRIPTION" sectionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2021
  33. 2/3 bundle doc: elaborate on object prerequisitesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2021
  34. 3/3 bundle doc: elaborate on rev<->ref restrictionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 27, 2021
  35. Philip OakleyJul 28, 2021
  36. Junio C HamanoJul 28, 2021
  37. 0/3 bundle doc: generalize & elaborateÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 31, 2021
  38. 1/4 bundle doc: rewrite the "DESCRIPTION" sectionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 31, 2021
  39. 2/4 bundle doc: elaborate on object prerequisitesÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 31, 2021
  40. 3/4 bundle doc: elaborate on rev<->ref restrictionÆvar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 31, 2021
  41. 4/4 bundle doc: replace "basis" with "prerequsite(s)"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, Jul 31, 2021

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