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Re: [PATCH 0/2] Support for packs in HTTP

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Jul 11, 2005, 03:37 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.58.0507102034460.17536@g5.osdl.org>
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On Sun, 10 Jul 2005, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
> 
> Perhaps git-pack-objects should have the base as a optional argument,
> with a default of the filename in $GIT_DIR/objects/pack and an option
> for sending just the pack file to stdout?

You really _mustn't_ try to create the pack directly to the $GIT_DIR/objects/pack subdirectory - that would make git itself start possibly using that pack before the index is all done, and that would be just wrong and nasty.

So you really should _always_ generate the pack somewhere else, and then move it (pack file first, index file second).

Which is, btw, exactly what "git repack" does, so the solution to the problem is to just never use git-pack-objects directly if you don't like the semantics..

			Linus
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  1. 0/2 Support for packs in HTTPDaniel Barkalow, Jul 10, 2005
  2. 1/2 Management of packs not yet installedDaniel Barkalow, Jul 10, 2005
  3. 2/2 Demo support for packs via HTTPDaniel Barkalow, Jul 10, 2005
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