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Re: git auto-repack is broken...

From
Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Date
Dec 9, 2011, 18:34 UTC
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On Fri, 9 Dec 2011, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> writes:
> 
> > On Sat, 3 Dec 2011, Brandon Casey wrote:
> >
> >> Linus's scenario of fetching a lot of stuff that never actually makes
> >> it into the reflogs is still a valid problem.  I'm not sure that
> >> people who don't know what they are doing are going to run into this
> >> problem though.  Since he fetches a lot of stuff without ever checking
> >> it out or creating a branch from it, potentially many objects become
> >> unreferenced every time FETCH_HEAD changes.
> >
> > Maybe  FETCH_HEAD should have a reflog too?
> 
> It is a feature that the objects that were fetched for a quick peek become
> immediately unreferenced and eligible for early removal unless they are
> kept somewhere, e.g. remote tracking refs. What problem are we trying to
> solve?

This is indeed a tangential observation to the expiration delay. I was just suggesting that having a reflog for FETCH_HEAD in the case when you fetch a branch with an explicit URL might be handy.

Nicolas
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Message 17 of 18 in “git auto-repack is broken...”
  1. Linus TorvaldsDec 2, 2011
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonDec 2, 2011
  3. Linus TorvaldsDec 2, 2011
  4. Jeff KingDec 2, 2011
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2011
  6. Jeff KingDec 2, 2011
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 2, 2011
  8. Jeff KingDec 2, 2011
  9. Brandon CaseyDec 3, 2011
  10. Nicolas PitreDec 7, 2011
  11. Jeff KingDec 7, 2011
  12. Nicolas PitreDec 8, 2011
  13. Jeff KingDec 8, 2011
  14. Nicolas PitreDec 8, 2011
  15. Jeff KingDec 8, 2011
  16. Junio C HamanoDec 9, 2011
  17. Nicolas PitreDec 9, 2011
  18. Jeff KingDec 8, 2011

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