From: Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:56:53 GMT
Subject: Re: git fsck not identifying corrupted packs
Message-ID: <vpq1vkygtx6.fsf@bauges.imag.fr>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0910201221250.4985@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2009, Alex Riesen wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 08:45, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> > Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
>> >>> It probably is also a good idea to add a "--loose" option that does what
>> >>> "fsck" currently does without "--full".  It is a good name
>> 
>> --no-full works
>
> It works.  Technically.  For human users, though, --loose-objects-only 
> (with a shortcut "--loose") would be better.

OTOH, the advantage of "--no-full" is that it's compatible with
existing Git versions. If I learn Git 1.6.6 with --no-full, and use it
in a script, then my stript works also with older Gits.

But anyway, I think very few people are actually interested in "git
--no-full" (or call it whatever you like), so I don't think this is
very important.

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/