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Re: [PATCH] Make repack less likely to corrupt repository

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Feb 15, 2009, 16:46 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0902151745270.10279@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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<200902151715.19351.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Hi,
On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
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> -	exit 1
> +	echo >&2 "INFO: We recovered from the repack error, but your repo"
> +	echo >&2 "INFO: is probably suboptimally packed. You may try to repack"
> +	echo >&2 "INFO: later. A common reason for repacking failure is that"
> +	echo >&2 "INFO: a Windows program was locking one of the old pack files."
> +	echo >&2 "INFO: To repack successfully you may have to close that program"
> +	echo >&2 "INFO: before repacking."
cat >&2 << EOF?
> +	exit

You lose the error condition here, but I cannot find a convincing argument about that in the commit message.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. Make repack less likely to corrupt repositoryRobin Rosenberg, Feb 9, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 9, 2009
  3. Robin RosenbergFeb 10, 2009
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2009
  5. Robin RosenbergFeb 10, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2009
  7. Robin RosenbergFeb 10, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 10, 2009
  9. Robin RosenbergFeb 11, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 11, 2009
  11. Robin RosenbergFeb 11, 2009
  12. Robin RosenbergFeb 15, 2009
  13. Johannes SchindelinFeb 15, 2009
  14. Robin RosenbergFeb 15, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2009
  16. Robin RosenbergFeb 16, 2009
  17. Robin RosenbergFeb 19, 2009
  18. Johannes SchindelinFeb 19, 2009
  19. Junio C HamanoFeb 20, 2009
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