From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:45:26 GMT
Subject: Re: git fsck not identifying corrupted packs
Message-ID: <7vfx9esgvt.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <vpqy6n6shri.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>

Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:

> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>
>> Linus and other git developers from the early days [...]
>
> Thanks for the historical background.
>
>> It probably makes sense to ship 1.7.0 with a version of "fsck" in which
>> "--full" is the default; it would still accept "--full" but it would be a
>> no-op.
>
> +1
>
>> It probably is also a good idea to add a "--loose" option that does what
>> "fsck" currently does without "--full".  It is a good name
>
> +1 too.

Actually, I changed my mind.  I do not think this so big that we need to
wait for a major version bump.  Why not shoot for 1.6.6?