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Re: [RFC/PATCH] git-prune: never lose objects reachable from our refs.

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Dec 9, 2005, 20:38 UTC
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"Peter Eriksen" <s022018@student.dtu.dk> writes:
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> On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 11:25:10PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Explicit <head> arguments to git-prune replaces, instead of
>> extends, the list of heads used for reachability analysis by
>> fsck-objects.  By giving a subset of heads by mistake, objects
>> reachable only from other heads can be removed, resulting in a
>> corrupted repository.
>> 
>> This commit stops replacing the list of heads, and makes the
>> command line arguments to add to them instead for safety.
>
> Shouldn't the first sentence be "Explicit <head> arguments to git-prune
> extends, instead of replaces,...", that is, interchange the words 
> extends and replaces?  Did I miss something?

Sorry, what I meant was: "before this proposed change, it replaces instead of extends --- which means DANGER. This proposed change is to make things safer".

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Message 11 of 12 in “Documentation/git-commit.txt: Add long options and -- to documentation.”
  1. 4/17 Documentation/git-commit.txt: Add long options and -- to documentation.Nikolai Weibull, Dec 8, 2005
  2. 5/17 Documentation/git-verify-pack.txt: added documentation for --.Nikolai Weibull, Dec 8, 2005
  3. 6/17 Document the [<head>...] and -- arguments to git-prune.Nikolai Weibull, Dec 8, 2005
  4. 7/17 Documentation/git-cvsimport.txt: Fix a slight glitch in description heading.Nikolai Weibull, Dec 8, 2005
  5. 8/17 Documentation/git-cherry-pick: Add --replay and --no-commit.Nikolai Weibull, Dec 8, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 8, 2005
  8. Junio C HamanoDec 9, 2005
  9. git-prune: never lose objects reachable from our refs.Junio C Hamano, Dec 9, 2005
  10. Peter EriksenDec 9, 2005
  11. Junio C HamanoDec 9, 2005
  12. Nikolai WeibullDec 9, 2005

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