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Re: [PATCH] rehabilitate 'git index-pack' inside the object store

From
Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 22, 2008, 14:04 UTC
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On 10/22/08, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
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>  So I propose this change in semantics:
>
>  - setup_git_directory_gently(): rename to discover_git_directory(),
>   and avoid any chdir() at all.
>  - setup_git_directory(): keep the semantics that it chdir()s to the
>   worktree, or to the git directory for bare repositories.
>
>  Using _gently() even for RUN_SETUP builtins should solve the long standing
>  pager problem, too.

One more thing: "git foo -h" with RUN_SETUP won't run if repository is not found. Maybe just drop RUN_SETUP and let subcommands call setup_git_directory()

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Duy
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Message 10 of 11 in “rehabilitate 'git index-pack' inside the object store”
  1. rehabilitate 'git index-pack' inside the object storeNicolas Pitre, Oct 21, 2008
  2. (squash) add index-pack with git-dir testJunio C Hamano, Oct 21, 2008
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 21, 2008
  4. Jeff KingOct 21, 2008
  5. Nicolas PitreOct 21, 2008
  6. Johannes SchindelinOct 21, 2008
  7. Jeff KingOct 21, 2008
  8. new plan for cleaning up the worktree mess, was Re: [PATCH] rehabilitate 'git index-pack' inside the object storeJohannes Schindelin, Oct 21, 2008
  9. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 28, 2008
  10. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 22, 2008
  11. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyOct 22, 2008

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