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Re: fast-import: multiple processes possible?

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Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Nov 27, 2010, 22:28 UTC
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On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Ian Zimmerman <itz@buug.org> wrote:
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> Hi, I have a user question, I hope that's ok.  Actually, the end goal is
> development of a fast-import frontend.  The fast-import manpage says
> that it is safe to run "any other" git operation concurrently with
> fast-import.  It doesn't say if it is possible and safe to run another
> copy of fast-import itself.
Yes, you can.

The only problem is, each fast-import cannot see the objects created by the other concurrent fast-imports until they either terminate, or execute "checkpoint" command received from the frontend.

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Shawn.
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