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Re: [PATCH] Alternate object pool mechanism updates.

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Aug 16, 2005, 21:52 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.58.0508161451510.3553@g5.osdl.org>
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On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> writes:
> 
> > We've got a "git prune-packed", it would be good to have a "git
> > prune-alternate" or something equivalent.
> 
> If you have GIT_ALTERNATE_DIRECTORIES environment variable, git
> prune-packed will remove objects from your repository if it is
> found in somebody else's pack.  I am not sure if this is the
> behaviour we would want.

Well, it may be good enough if the "master" repository is regularly packed..

		Linus
Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 12 of 12 in “Alternate object pool mechanism updates.”
  1. Alternate object pool mechanism updates.Junio C Hamano, Aug 13, 2005
  2. Petr BaudisAug 13, 2005
  3. Junio C HamanoAug 13, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2005
  5. Linus TorvaldsAug 15, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 15, 2005
  7. Linus TorvaldsAug 16, 2005
  8. Daniel BarkalowAug 16, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2005
  10. Use LF and allow comments in objects/info/alternates file.Junio C Hamano, Aug 17, 2005
  11. Junio C HamanoAug 16, 2005
  12. Linus TorvaldsAug 16, 2005

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