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Re: Fix archive-destroying "git repack -a -d" bug

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Sep 18, 2005, 17:26 UTC
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Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com> writes:
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> Hmm, I'm sure I've done this several times in my x86info git repo
> (http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/projects/x86info/x86info.git)
>
> It seems to look ok to git-fsck-cache though. Would that pick up
> any breakage if present ?

Yes. This is a real bug and I owe Linus big for spotting it before 0.99.7.

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  1. Linus TorvaldsSep 18, 2005
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  3. Linus TorvaldsSep 18, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 18, 2005

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