From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 12:00:21 GMT
Subject: Re: Remote git-cat-file?
Message-ID: <e5c3c5$i47$1@sea.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <loom.20060528T124835-757@post.gmane.org>

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