Re: [PATCH] RFC: git lazy clone proof-of-concept

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Feb 8, 2008, 21:52 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LSU.1.00.0802082151570.11591@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <foihu9$110$1@ger.gmane.org>

Hi,

[I'll just Cc you, out of the goodness of my heart.]

On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Jakub Narebski wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > On Fri, 8 Feb 2008, Jan Holesovsky wrote:
> 
> >> +     struct stat st;
> >> +     const char remote_alt_file_name[] = "info/remote_alternates";
> > 
> > <bikeshedding>maybe remote-alternates (note the dash instead 
> > of the underscore)</bikeshedding>
> 
> Why not in info/alternates?

Again, to make the distinction clear.

Also note that info/alternates is used by the http transport (which would then break semi-silently, because I expect that you usually put git:// urls into remote-alternates).

Ciao, Dscho

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