From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:54:16 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] rehabilitate 'git index-pack' inside the object store
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0810211153130.26244@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <fcaeb9bf0810210757w1c14e0a3x1eb61a589a089f10@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy wrote:

> On 10/21/08, Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> wrote:
> > Before commit d0b92a3f6e it was possible to run 'git index-pack'
> >  directly in the .git/objects/pack/ directory.  Restore that ability.
> 
> I am sorry I did not catch this in the first place. While the fix
> should be fine for "git index-pack". I wonder what can happen for
> other setup_*_gently()'s consumers. Other commands may be affected too
> (e.g. running "git apply" or "git bundle" from inside .git).

Normally you should not be running such commands inside the .git 
directory.  The index-pack command is a bit special in that regard.


Nicolas