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Re: [PATCH] send-pack: Filter unknown commits from alternates of the remote

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 28, 2009, 01:47 UTC
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Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@gmx.de> writes:
> Since 40c155ff14c, receive-pack on the remote also sends refs from its
> alternates. Unfortunately, we don't filter commits that don't exist in the
> local repository from that list.  This made us pass those unknown commits
> to pack-objects, causing it to fail with a "bad object" error.

Yeah, it is a step in the right direction, but is the *wrong* fix I described in my previous message.

Our mails crossed ;-)

And I think we should have this in the place where we receive .have, i.e. inside add_extra_have() in connect.c

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  10. send-pack: Filter unknown commits from alternates of the remoteBjörn Steinbrink, Jan 28, 2009
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  27. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2009
  28. 1/2 send-pack: do not send unknown object name from ".have" to pack-objectsJunio C Hamano, Jan 28, 2009
  29. Linus TorvaldsJan 28, 2009
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