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Re: [PATCH] Extend cat-file to take multiple arguments or read input from stdin.

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Nov 15, 2007, 04:34 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0711150432420.4362@racer.site>
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Hi,
On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Han-Wen Nienhuys wrote:
> With this functionality, the entire object database can be dumped with a 
> limited number of processes: two cat-file processes for discovering size 
> and type, and one cat-file process per type.

IMHO a better idea would be a counterpart to fast-import, probably called "fast-export". You'd need only one process then, and it would not only be faster, but would be usable by even more people, I guess.

Ciao, Dscho

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