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Re: epic fsck SIGSEGV! (was Recovering from epic fail (deleted .git/objects/pack))

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Dec 11, 2008, 03:28 UTC
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
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> On Wed, 10 Dec 2008, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> > But we should definitely fix this braindamage in fsck. Rather than 
> > recursively walk the commits, we should add them to a commit list and just 
> > walk the list iteratively.
> 
> What about:
> 
> 	http://marc.info/?l=git&m=122889563424786&w=2

Not very pretty. The basic notion is ok, but wouldn't it be nicer to at least use a "struct object_array" instead?

Let me try to cook something up.
		Linus
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Message 16 of 22 in “Recovering from epic fail (deleted .git/objects/pack)”
  1. R. Tyler BallanceDec 10, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoDec 10, 2008
  3. R. Tyler BallanceDec 10, 2008
  4. Johannes SixtDec 10, 2008
  5. epic fsck SIGSEGV! (was Recovering from epic fail (deleted .git/objects/pack))R. Tyler Ballance, Dec 10, 2008
  6. Linus TorvaldsDec 10, 2008
  7. R. Tyler BallanceDec 11, 2008
  8. Linus TorvaldsDec 11, 2008
  9. R. Tyler BallanceDec 11, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoDec 11, 2008
  11. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Dec 11, 2008
  12. Shawn O. PearceDec 11, 2008
  13. Nicolas PitreDec 11, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoDec 11, 2008
  15. Nicolas PitreDec 11, 2008
  16. Linus TorvaldsDec 11, 2008
  17. Linus TorvaldsDec 11, 2008
  18. Junio C HamanoDec 11, 2008
  19. Linus TorvaldsDec 11, 2008
  20. Linus TorvaldsDec 11, 2008
  21. Junio C HamanoDec 11, 2008
  22. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Dec 11, 2008

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