From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 22:50:53 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't fetch objects that exist in the local repository
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0510080047500.20922@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <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