From: Junio C Hamano Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 18:34:07 GMT Subject: Re: fetching packs and storing them as packs Message-ID: <7vk62k9tnk.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20061028072146.GB14607@spearce.org> Shawn Pearce writes: > I take this above statement to mean that you answered your own > question about how my sequence is able to resolve the race condition? Yes. I needed more thought after I asked that question. >... > Why not just use create a new flag file? > > Lets say that a pack X is NOT eligible to be repacked if > "$GIT_DIR/objects/pack/pack-X.keep" exists. I like it.