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Re: [PATCH] built-in tar-tree and remote tar-tree

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
May 19, 2006, 21:56 UTC
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Sven Ekman wrote:
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> Is there a simple way to retrieve a single object or a
> list of objects _without_ any of their parents? If so
> one could retrieve the wanted commit and the
> corresponding tree and parse it on the client side to
> retrieve its descendents and commits.  If so, the
> number of roundtrips would be roughly proportional to
> the depth of the trees, which would probably still be
> acceptable.

Perhaps alternates file which points to _remote_ git repository, leaving all unused objects at remote directory, and needing constant net access to said remote repository for almost all operations?

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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Message 6 of 7 in “Feature wish: Cloning without history”
  1. Sven EkmanMay 18, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiMay 18, 2006
  3. built-in tar-tree and remote tar-treeJunio C Hamano, May 19, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2006
  5. Sven EkmanMay 19, 2006
  6. Jakub NarebskiMay 19, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2006

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