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Re: [PATCH] Update packfile transfer protocol documentation

From
Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 3, 2009, 22:05 UTC
Message-ID
<d411cc4a0911031405x60ea2396o35eea78a0b07fda9@mail.gmail.com>
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Junio,
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
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> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org> writes:
>> > Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> > ...
>> >> Shouldn't we say "the client MUST NOT make reference update request if
>> >> everything is up to date" which would imply that in practice there is no
>> >> reason to send an empty pack data?
>
> Creating new branch quirk aside, I do agree with this.  Clients
> shouldn't send no-op updates if it knows in advance the update is
> a no-op.
>
> --
> Shawn.
>

Would you prefer that I try to incorporate all these comments and submit another patch, or are you going to modify it in-tree?

Thanks, Scott

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Message 10 of 16 in “Update packfile transfer protocol documentation”
  1. Update packfile transfer protocol documentationScott Chacon, Nov 1, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2009
  3. Shawn O. PearceNov 2, 2009
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2009
  5. Shawn O. PearceNov 2, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 2, 2009
  7. Shawn O. PearceNov 2, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 3, 2009
  9. Shawn O. PearceNov 3, 2009
  10. Scott ChaconNov 3, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2009
  13. Shawn O. PearceNov 4, 2009
  14. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2009
  15. Shawn O. PearceNov 4, 2009
  16. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2009

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