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Re: [PATCH] Don't fetch objects that exist in the local repository

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 7, 2005, 22:50 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.63.0510080047500.20922@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
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<20051007220151.GB4989@reactrix.com>
Hi,
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Nick Hengeveld wrote:
> Be sure not to fetch objects that already exist in the local repository.

Really? I seem to recall a dispute I had with Linus that this is unacceptable. He seems worried about incomplete fetches.

Only objects which are descendants of refs are safe, since the refs are written only after the objects were fetched successfully.

Ciao, Dscho

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