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Re: [PATCH] Make git prune remove temporary packs that look like write failures

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DTDavid Tweed <david.tweed@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 6, 2008, 20:25 UTC
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On Feb 6, 2008 8:16 PM, Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> wrote:
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> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, David Tweed wrote:
> > Ah, I hadn't realised this was an intended usage of --expire. Since as
> > you note there's no way to tell an abandoned tmp pack from one that's
> > in the process of being written, following expire is probably
> > necessary for safety. I'll look at adding support for that.
>
> Did you miss Johannes ' patch?  He posted it yesterday and you were even
> CC'd. It did exactly that on top of yours already.

I had missed it (I've only just started reading email). Thanks for pointing it out.

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Message 19 of 20 in “Make git prune remove temporary packs that look like write failures”
  1. Make git prune remove temporary packs that look like write failuresDavid Steven Tweed, Feb 5, 2008
  2. Nicolas PitreFeb 5, 2008
  3. prune: heed --expire for stale packs, add a testJohannes Schindelin, Feb 5, 2008
  4. Nicolas PitreFeb 5, 2008
  5. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2008
  6. Johannes SchindelinFeb 6, 2008
  7. Nicolas PitreFeb 6, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2008
  9. Brandon CaseyFeb 6, 2008
  10. David TweedFeb 6, 2008
  11. Brandon CaseyFeb 6, 2008
  12. David TweedFeb 6, 2008
  13. Nicolas PitreFeb 6, 2008
  14. Brandon CaseyFeb 6, 2008
  15. David TweedFeb 6, 2008
  16. Nicolas PitreFeb 6, 2008
  17. David TweedFeb 6, 2008
  18. Nicolas PitreFeb 6, 2008
  19. David TweedFeb 6, 2008
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 6, 2008

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