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Re: Fetching SHA id's instead of named references?

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@imag.fr>
Date
Apr 6, 2009, 12:54 UTC
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Klas Lindberg <klas.lindberg@gmail.com> writes:
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> Hello
>
> Thank you, but I don't understand the answer. If I mistakenly publish
> a tree that contains secrets and someone manages to fetch against it
> before I correct the mistake; how does the limitation to only fetch
> named references help me???

What Johannes pointed out is that someone could fetch from your repo _after_ you correct the mistake (if you don't control garbage collection).

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Matthieu
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  1. Klas LindbergApr 6, 2009
  2. Johannes SchindelinApr 6, 2009
  3. Klas LindbergApr 6, 2009
  4. Johannes SchindelinApr 6, 2009
  5. Dmitry PotapovApr 6, 2009
  6. Matthieu MoyApr 6, 2009
  7. Klas LindbergApr 6, 2009
  8. Finn Arne GangstadApr 6, 2009
  9. Shawn O. PearceApr 6, 2009
  10. Klas LindbergApr 6, 2009
  11. Nicolas PitreApr 6, 2009
  12. Klas LindbergApr 6, 2009
  13. Nicolas PitreApr 7, 2009
  14. Klas LindbergApr 8, 2009
  15. Nicolas PitreApr 8, 2009

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