From: Tay Ray Chuan Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:59:42 GMT Subject: Re: remote-helpers and refs without a value Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20110328075009.GA5115@glandium.org> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Mike Hommey wrote: > Failing wouldn't make sense. That'd mean '?' may not be used by > remote-helpers, and that they'd need to grab everything from the remote > before git even decides what to grab. I guess from "grab" you mean fetching the actual objects etc. However, I believe the '?' is used only in the ref fetching/matching step, which is before the step where the actual objects are fetched. So, if a '?' was reported by the helper, then the transport machinery would most likely be unable to properly match refs; then, it would not direct the remote-helpers to fetch anything (ie. objects). -- Cheers, Ray Chuan