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Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/3] Different views on a repository

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JPJames Pickens <jepicken@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 25, 2010, 20:13 UTC
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On Wed, Feb 24, 2010, Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de> wrote:
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> we have a use case with groups of repositories which share lots of
> objects, but which are logically independent.  There is no strict
> hierarchy between the repositories, the development modl is arbitrary.
> The alternates mechanism for sharig objects between repositories won't
> work.
Can you elaborate on why alternates won't work?
> The best idea I came up with so far to solve this

Solve what? You didn't mention any specific problem. Are you just trying to save disk space by not storing multiple copies of the same objects?

James
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Message 14 of 16 in “Different views on a repository”
  1. Andreas GruenbacherFeb 24, 2010
  2. 1/3 receive-pack: Two small code cleanupsAndreas Gruenbacher, Feb 24, 2010
  3. 2/3 Different views on a repositoryAndreas Gruenbacher, Feb 24, 2010
  4. 3/3 Different views on a repository: HEAD mappingAndreas Gruenbacher, Feb 24, 2010
  5. Shawn O. PearceFeb 24, 2010
  6. Michael J GruberFeb 25, 2010
  7. Andreas GruenbacherFeb 25, 2010
  8. Michael J GruberFeb 25, 2010
  9. Andreas GruenbacherFeb 25, 2010
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 25, 2010
  11. Andreas GruenbacherFeb 26, 2010
  12. Andreas GruenbacherFeb 26, 2010
  13. Shawn O. PearceFeb 24, 2010
  14. James PickensFeb 25, 2010
  15. Adam BrewsterFeb 26, 2010
  16. Andreas GruenbacherFeb 26, 2010

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