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Re: [PATCH] fsck: Don't require tmp_obj_ file names are 14 bytes in length

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 27, 2008, 04:15 UTC
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"Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org> writes:
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>   Brandon Casey <casey@nrlssc.navy.mil> wrote:
>   > Since 5723fe7e, temporary objects are now created in their final destination
>   > directories, rather than in .git/objects/. Teach fsck to recognize and
>   > ignore the temporary objects it encounters, and teach prune to remove them.
>
>   jgit can't exactly follow the 14 character naming rule.
>   This should be a safe way around it.

More importantly, we might want to change the temporary filename to ensure that it is 38 bytes in length in the future (cf. $gmane/85106).

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Message 5 of 5 in “Teach fsck and prune about the new location of temporary objects”
  1. Teach fsck and prune about the new location of temporary objectsBrandon Casey, Jul 24, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinJul 25, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2008
  4. fsck: Don't require tmp_obj_ file names are 14 bytes in lengthShawn O. Pearce, Jul 27, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 27, 2008

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