Re: [PATCH] Add git-unbundle - unpack objects and references for disconnected transfer

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Feb 17, 2007, 17:53 UTC
Message-ID: <7v8xewvfez.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <45D713C0.1010401@verizon.net>

Mark Levedahl <mdl123@verizon.net> writes:

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> Junio C Hamano wrote:
> ...
>> A final note.  A real 'mirror' mode should also remove stale
>> refs that do not exist on the remote side anymore, which is a
>> different use case as your bundle,...
>> ...  A real 'mirror' mode
>> would use a separate option to remove a ref that does not exist
>> on the remote end anymore, like:
>>
>> 	$ git fetch --mirror-all git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git
>>
> Perhaps "git fetch --mirror --delete" would be more suggestive of the
> difference to "git fetch --mirror"?

I think that is a good suggestion, as people familiar with rsync already know what --delete means in such a context.