From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 01:44:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] send-pack --keep: do not explode into loose objects on the receiving end.
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0610292027160.11384@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <20061029075638.GB3847@spearce.org>

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006, Shawn Pearce wrote:

> Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> > This adds "keep-pack" extension to send-pack vs receive pack protocol,
> > and makes the receiver invoke "index-pack --stdin --fix-thin".
> 
> I'm torn on this.  I see that keeping a pack vs. exploding to loose
> objects is a local repository decision and thus should be determined
> by the receiving repository, not the sending one.

I second this.  I think it is really not the remote end's business to 
decide what the local storage policy is, and vice versa.