git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Re: [PATCH 0/8] git-repack --max-pack-size

From
Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date
May 1, 2007, 17:17 UTC
Message-ID
<alpine.LFD.0.98.0705011315180.6574@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To
<7vps5k5uzt.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
On Tue, 1 May 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
Show 20 quoted lines
> Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes:
> 
> > On Tue, 1 May 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >
> >> I was not sure if that is even a good idea, and I am now
> >> inclined to think that keeping the failed attempt history is
> >> probably better than potentially causing confusion to people who
> >> follow 'next'.  But it _is_ a possibility to reset 'next' to
> >> 'master'.
> >
> > And what is the advantage of doing that, exactly?
> 
> Not much and that is why I am not sure if that is a good idea,
> but one thing is:
> 
> 	$ git log master..next
> 	$ git log --no-merges master..next
> 
> would start showing what are still pending in next without
> noise.

If you do so, then please tag the branch before resetting it. I think it contains valuable data that would get lost otherwise.

Nicolas
Previous: Junio C HamanoNext: Johannes Schindelin
Message 9 of 11 in “git-repack --max-pack-size”
  1. 0/8 git-repack --max-pack-sizeDana How, Apr 30, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2007
  3. Shawn O. PearceMay 1, 2007
  4. Andy ParkinsMay 1, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2007
  6. Andy ParkinsMay 1, 2007
  7. Nicolas PitreMay 1, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2007
  9. Nicolas PitreMay 1, 2007
  10. Johannes SchindelinMay 1, 2007
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2007

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.