From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 23:25:54 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Don't fetch objects that exist in the local repository
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0510080125210.21577@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <20051007230856.GC4989@reactrix.com>

Hi,

On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Nick Hengeveld wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 12:50:53AM +0200, Johannes Schindelin 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.
> 
> This patch just moved an existing check from the process queue loop to the
> appropriate places in transport-specific code to prevent the transport
> from transferring an object that appeared in the local repository after
> it was prefetched (eg. via a pack), and to make sure that all objects that
> were prefetched are subsequently fetched so the transport can perform the
> appropriate cleanup.

Ah! Okay, now I understand.

Thanks,
Dscho