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Re: [PATCHv11 20/20] builtin-gc: Teach the new --notes option to garbage-collect notes

From
Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 21, 2010, 19:27 UTC
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On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Johan Herland <johan@herland.net> wrote:
> The new --notes option triggers a call to gc_notes(), which removes note
> objects that reference non-existing objects.
>

Shouldn't notes be unconditionally garbage collected? Or maybe there's a reason why notes should be treated differently that isn't written here.

Previous: Johan HerlandNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 24 of 26 in “[PATCHv11 00/20] git notes”
  1. Johan HerlandJan 17, 2010
  2. 01/20 Minor non-functional fixes to notes.cJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  3. 02/20 Notes API: get_commit_notes() -> format_note() + remove the commit restrictionJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  4. 03/20 Add tests for checking correct handling of $GIT_NOTES_REF and core.notesRefJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  5. 04/20 Notes API: init_notes(): Initialize the notes tree from the given notes refJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  6. 05/20 Notes API: add_note(): Add note objects to the internal notes tree structureJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  7. 06/20 Notes API: remove_note(): Remove note objects from the notes tree structureJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  8. 07/20 Notes API: get_note(): Return the note annotating the given objectJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  9. 08/20 Notes API: for_each_note(): Traverse the entire notes tree with a callbackJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  10. 09/20 Notes API: write_notes_tree(): Store the notes tree in the databaseJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  11. 10/20 Notes API: Allow multiple concurrent notes trees with new struct notes_treeJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  12. 11/20 Refactor notes concatenation into a flexible interface for combining notesJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  13. 12/20 Builtin-ify git-notesJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  14. Stephen BoydJan 21, 2010
  15. Johan HerlandJan 26, 2010
  16. 13/20 t3301: Verify successful annotation of non-commitsJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  17. 14/20 t3305: Verify that adding many notes with git-notes triggers increased fanoutJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  18. 15/20 Teach notes code to properly preserve non-notes in the notes treeJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  19. 16/20 Teach builtin-notes to remove empty notesJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  20. 17/20 builtin-notes: Teach -d option for deleting existing notesJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  21. 18/20 t3305: Verify that removing notes triggers automatic fanout consolidationJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  22. 19/20 Notes API: gc_notes(): Prune notes that belong to non-existing objectsJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  23. 20/20 builtin-gc: Teach the new --notes option to garbage-collect notesJohan Herland, Jan 17, 2010
  24. Stephen BoydJan 21, 2010
  25. Junio C HamanoJan 21, 2010
  26. Johan HerlandJan 27, 2010

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