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Re: How to extract files out of a "git bundle", no matter what?

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Dec 19, 2008, 20:35 UTC
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JK> In particular, if a bundle contains changes between some commit A JK> and some commit B, then:

JK> - files that were not changed between A and B will not be included at JK> all

JK> - the object pack in the bundle is "thin", meaning it may contain JK> deltas against objects that are reachable from A, but not B. So even JK> _within_ a changed file, you may see only the changes from A to B.

OK, we here at the police forensics department would be very happy if
we could at least get some ASCII out of that .BDL file, even if it is
just a diff shred,
-       The password to the time bomb was BLORFZ
+       The password to the time bomb is  NORFLZ
that would be fine. All we know is after the work PACK it is all
binary, and git-unpack-objects and git-unpack-file don't work on it.
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Message 6 of 32 in “How to extract files out of a "git bundle", no matter what?”
  1. jidanni@jidanni.orgDec 19, 2008
  2. Shawn O. PearceDec 19, 2008
  3. Mark LevedahlDec 19, 2008
  4. jidanni@jidanni.orgDec 19, 2008
  5. Jeff KingDec 19, 2008
  6. jidanni@jidanni.orgDec 19, 2008
  7. Jeff KingDec 19, 2008
  8. Documentation/git-bundle.txt: Dumping contents of any bundlejidanni@jidanni.org, Jan 1, 2009
  9. Johannes SchindelinJan 1, 2009
  10. Jeff KingJan 1, 2009
  11. jidanni@jidanni.orgJan 1, 2009
  12. Jeff KingJan 1, 2009
  13. jidanni@jidanni.orgJan 2, 2009
  14. Shawn O. PearceJan 2, 2009
  15. Jeff KingJan 2, 2009
  16. jidanni@jidanni.orgJan 2, 2009
  17. git ls-tree prints wacko file sizes if it can't find the blobjidanni@jidanni.org, Jan 1, 2009
  18. jidanni@jidanni.orgJan 1, 2009
  19. Handle sha1_object_info failures in ls-tree -lAlex Riesen, Jan 1, 2009
  20. git-bundle(1): add no references required simplest casejidanni@jidanni.org, Jan 26, 2009
  21. Junio C HamanoJan 26, 2009
  22. git-bundle(1): add no references required simplest casejidanni@jidanni.org, Jan 29, 2009
  23. jidanni@jidanni.orgFeb 1, 2009
  24. Johannes SchindelinFeb 2, 2009
  25. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2009
  26. jidanni@jidanni.orgFeb 4, 2009
  27. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2009
  28. jidanni@jidanni.orgFeb 4, 2009
  29. git-bundle doc: update examplesNanako Shiraishi, Feb 4, 2009
  30. Jeff KingFeb 4, 2009
  31. Junio C HamanoFeb 4, 2009
  32. Junio C HamanoDec 19, 2008

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