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Re: Q: does index-pack work in place on windows?

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 3, 2011, 07:24 UTC
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Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> writes:
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>> $ git index-pack
>> .git/objects/pack/pack-d634271f4d7ca70c00148e967a343c3c46cd7705.pack
>> Unlink of file '.git/objects/pack/pack-d634271f4d7ca70c00148e967a343c3c46cd7705.idx'
>> failed. Should I try again? (y/n)? n
>> fatal: unable to create
>> '.git/objects/pack/pack-d634271f4d7ca70c00148e967a343c3c46cd7705.idx':
>> File exists
>
> Why would you do such thing in the first place?
>
> If the pack exists along with its index on disk, there is no point 
> recreating it.  Maybe index-pack should just bail out early in that 
> case.

I am trying to see if an index-pack with slight modification would be a good replacement for verify-pack.

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  1. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2011
  2. Erik Faye-LundFeb 2, 2011
  3. Nicolas PitreFeb 3, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 3, 2011
  5. Nicolas PitreFeb 4, 2011
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2011
  7. Nicolas PitreFeb 4, 2011

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