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Re: Remote git-cat-file?

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
May 28, 2006, 12:00 UTC
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Elrond wrote:
> Linus Torvalds <torvalds <at> osdl.org> writes:
>> 
>> Just out of interest, why would you ever want to just look at a single 
>> object?
[...]
>
> The other possible use for remote git-cat-file:
> It might be useful in shallow repos to selectively load objects "on demand".
> (In fact, I screwed my repo by trying to make it shallow.)

It would be nice I think to be able to have remote alternatives, loading (downloading and saving) objects "on demand" ("lazy alternatives"). Not necessary only with "shallow repo"/"shallow clone".

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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  2. Linus TorvaldsMay 28, 2006
  3. Linus TorvaldsMay 28, 2006
  4. ElrondMay 28, 2006
  5. Jakub NarebskiMay 28, 2006
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 28, 2006
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