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Re: should git download missing objects?

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Nov 13, 2006, 20:22 UTC
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Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> writes:
> ... Junio, what's its life
> expectancy? I guess this usage scenario is something to take into
> account when thinking about removing it, I know that I wanted to get rid
> of it in the past but now my opinion is changing.

It uses the same commit walker semantics and mechanism so I do not think it is too much burden to carry it, but I'd rather have something that works over git native protocol if we really care about this. People without ssh access needs to be able to recover over git:// protocol.

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  1. Anand KumriaNov 12, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 12, 2006
  3. Alex RiesenNov 13, 2006
  4. Shawn PearceNov 13, 2006
  5. Petr BaudisNov 13, 2006
  6. Shawn PearceNov 13, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoNov 13, 2006
  8. Petr BaudisNov 14, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoNov 13, 2006
  10. Alex RiesenNov 13, 2006

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