Re: git-index-pack really does suck..
[sorry, sent a message without finishing]
Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes:
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> Maybe we shouldn't run index-pack on packs for which we _already_ have
> an index for which is the most likely reason for the collision check to
> trigger in the first place.
>
> This is in the same category as trying to run unpack-objects on a pack
> within a repository and wondering why it doesn't work.
> ...
> I'm of the opinion that this patch is unnecessary. It only helps in
> bogus workflows to start with, and it makes the default behavior unsafe
> (unsafe from a paranoid pov, but still). And in the _normal_ workflow
> it should never trigger.
Hmmmm. You may have a point.
So maybe we should retitle this thread from "git-index-pack
really does suck.." to "I used git-index-pack in a stupid way"?