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Re: git merging

From
Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
Date
Jun 20, 2005, 19:21 UTC
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Hi, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
> Basically, it needs a "process_unknown()" which does the
> appropriate thing, and pull() needs to call that instead of
> process_commit().
It also needs a request queue.

The beauty of rsync() is that it doesn't depend on a low-latency wire to work efficiently. Right now, pull() needs one round trip per object, and that's way too much.

I hope to have some free time for that this week, but no promises. :-/
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  1. Linus TorvaldsJun 17, 2005
  2. Jens AxboeJun 17, 2005
  3. Jeff GarzikJun 17, 2005
  4. Linus TorvaldsJun 17, 2005
  5. Jeff GarzikJun 17, 2005
  6. Linus TorvaldsJun 18, 2005
  7. Jens AxboeJun 20, 2005
  8. Matthias UrlichsJun 20, 2005
  9. Jens AxboeJun 20, 2005
  10. Linus TorvaldsJun 20, 2005
  11. Daniel BarkalowJun 20, 2005
  12. Matthias UrlichsJun 20, 2005
  13. Jens AxboeJun 20, 2005
  14. Linus TorvaldsJun 20, 2005
  15. Jens AxboeJun 21, 2005
  16. Linus TorvaldsJun 21, 2005

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