Re: [PATCH v0] fast-import: Add drop command

From: Vitor Antunes <vitor.hda@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 25, 2011, 09:56 UTC
Message-ID: <CAOpHH-VEhtOg6ai5p9VxWBKA3AFpG3meiJVGrWR4j68ffyQ6Bg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAGdFq_heamPfKpK2sQ1RUvceaeGRVAwkv=KAn-ByPyPkNtoZBA@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com> wrote:

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> I for one welcome our new branch deleting overlords :).
>
> You mention that checkpointing solves some of the concerns raised by
> others in this thread, would automatic checkpointing be way to make
> sure everything is as it should be?

Apparently I did not explain myself correctly. Let me try again :)

This is what I am doing:

1) import topic
2) checkpoint
3) diff-tree and processing
4) exit if processing returns ok
5) reset topic to another HEAD
6) goto 1)

In this scenario it is the checkpoint that "breaks" everything because it will write the original tree to disk. When fast-import exits it will find the old tree on disk but not within "topic" tree.

So, no, I don't think that automatic checkpointing would make anything easier. Quite the opposite!

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Vitor Antunes