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Re: [PATCH 1/7] Softrefs: Add softrefs header file with API documentation

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 10, 2007, 14:27 UTC
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Johan Herland wrote:
> + * When softrefs are created (by calling add_softref()/add_softrefs()), they
> + * are appended to .git/softrefs.unsorted. When .git/softrefs.unsorted reach a
> + * certain number of entries (determined by MAX_UNSORTED_ENTRIES), all the
> + * entries in .git/softrefs.unsorted are merged into .git/softrefs.sorted.
Perhaps git-gc should also sort softrefs (if it doesn't do it yet)?
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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Message 27 of 52 in “Refactoring the tag object; Introducing soft references (softrefs); Git 'notes' (take 2)”
  1. Johan HerlandJun 4, 2007
  2. 0/6 Refactor the tag objectJohan Herland, Jun 4, 2007
  3. 1/6 Refactor git tag objects; make "tag" header optional; introduce new optional "keywords" headerJohan Herland, Jun 4, 2007
  4. Matthias LederhoferJun 4, 2007
  5. Johan HerlandJun 4, 2007
  6. 2/6 git-show: When showing tag objects with no tag name, show tag object's SHA1 instead of an empty stringJohan Herland, Jun 4, 2007
  7. 3/6 git-fsck: Do thorough verification of tag objects.Johan Herland, Jun 4, 2007
  8. Matthias LederhoferJun 4, 2007
  9. Johan HerlandJun 4, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2007
  11. 3/6 git-fsck: Do thorough verification of tag objects.Johan Herland, Jun 6, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2007
  13. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2007
  14. Johan HerlandJun 6, 2007
  15. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2007
  16. 4/6 Documentation/git-mktag: Document the changes in tag object structureJohan Herland, Jun 4, 2007
  17. 5/6 git-mktag tests: Fix and expand the mktag tests according to the new tag object structureJohan Herland, Jun 4, 2007
  18. 6/6 Add fsck_verify_ref_to_tag_object() to verify that refname matches name stored in tag objectJohan Herland, Jun 4, 2007
  19. Junio C HamanoJun 4, 2007
  20. Fix bug in tag parsing when thorough verification was in effectJohan Herland, Jun 7, 2007
  21. 0/7 Introduce soft references (softrefs)Johan Herland, Jun 9, 2007
  22. 1/7 Softrefs: Add softrefs header file with API documentationJohan Herland, Jun 9, 2007
  23. Johannes SchindelinJun 10, 2007
  24. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2007
  25. Johannes SchindelinJun 10, 2007
  26. Johan HerlandJun 10, 2007
  27. Jakub NarebskiJun 10, 2007
  28. Teach git-gc to merge unsorted softrefsJohan Herland, Jun 10, 2007
  29. 2/7 Softrefs: Add implementation of softrefs APIJohan Herland, Jun 9, 2007
  30. 3/7 Softrefs: Add git-softref, a builtin command for adding, listing and administering softrefsJohan Herland, Jun 9, 2007
  31. 4/7 Softrefs: Add manual page documenting git-softref and softrefs subsystem in generalJohan Herland, Jun 9, 2007
  32. 5/7 Softrefs: Add testcases for basic softrefs behaviourJohan Herland, Jun 9, 2007
  33. 6/7 Softrefs: Administrivia associated with softrefs subsystem and git-softref builtinJohan Herland, Jun 9, 2007
  34. 7/7 Teach git-mktag to register softrefs for all tag objectsJohan Herland, Jun 9, 2007
  35. Change softrefs file format from text (82 bytes per entry) to binary (40 bytes per entry)Johan Herland, Jun 9, 2007
  36. Johannes SchindelinJun 10, 2007
  37. Junio C HamanoJun 10, 2007
  38. Johannes SchindelinJun 10, 2007
  39. Johan HerlandJun 10, 2007
  40. Comment on weak refsJunio C Hamano, Jun 9, 2007
  41. Johan HerlandJun 10, 2007
  42. Johannes SchindelinJun 10, 2007
  43. Johan HerlandJun 10, 2007
  44. Pierre HabouzitJun 10, 2007
  45. Pierre HabouzitJun 10, 2007
  46. Pierre HabouzitJun 10, 2007
  47. Jakub NarebskiJun 10, 2007
  48. Steven GrimmJun 9, 2007
  49. Johan HerlandJun 9, 2007
  50. Pierre HabouzitJun 10, 2007
  51. Johan HerlandJun 10, 2007
  52. Steven GrimmJun 10, 2007

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