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Re: [PATCH v4 9/9] Documentation/config: add odb.<name>.promisorRemote

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 19, 2018, 02:55 UTC
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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
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> Junio C Hamano wrote:
> ...
>> It is a good idea to implicitly include the promisor-remote to the
>> set of secondary places to consult to help existing versions of Git,
>> but once the repository starts fetching incomplete subgraphs and
>> adding new object.missingobjectremote [*1*], these versions of Git
>> will stop working correctly, so I am not sure if it is all that
>> useful approach for compatibility in practice.
>
> Can you spell this out for me more?  Do you mean that a remote from
> this list might make a promise that the original partialClone remote
> can't keep?

It was my failed attempt to demonstrate that I understood what was being discussed by rephrasing JTan's

    Or allow extensions.partialClone=<R> wherein <R> is not in the
    missingObjectRemote, in which case <R> is tried first, so that
    we don't have to reject some configurations.
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Message 21 of 23 in “Introducing remote ODBs”
  1. 0/9 Introducing remote ODBsChristian Couder, Aug 2, 2018
  2. 1/9 fetch-object: make functions return an error codeChristian Couder, Aug 2, 2018
  3. 2/9 Add initial remote odb supportChristian Couder, Aug 2, 2018
  4. 3/9 remote-odb: implement remote_odb_get_direct()Christian Couder, Aug 2, 2018
  5. 4/9 remote-odb: implement remote_odb_get_many_direct()Christian Couder, Aug 2, 2018
  6. 5/9 remote-odb: add remote_odb_reinit()Christian Couder, Aug 2, 2018
  7. 6/9 Use remote_odb_get_direct() and has_remote_odb()Christian Couder, Aug 2, 2018
  8. 7/9 Use odb.origin.partialclonefilter instead of core.partialclonefilterChristian Couder, Aug 2, 2018
  9. 8/9 t0410: test fetching from many promisor remotesChristian Couder, Aug 2, 2018
  10. 9/9 Documentation/config: add odb.<name>.promisorRemoteChristian Couder, Aug 2, 2018
  11. Stefan BellerAug 2, 2018
  12. Christian CouderSep 25, 2018
  13. Junio C HamanoSep 25, 2018
  14. Jeff KingSep 26, 2018
  15. Taylor BlauSep 26, 2018
  16. Junio C HamanoSep 26, 2018
  17. Jonathan NiederOct 16, 2018
  18. Jonathan TanOct 16, 2018
  19. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2018
  20. Jonathan NiederOct 19, 2018
  21. Junio C HamanoOct 19, 2018
  22. Christian CouderOct 31, 2018
  23. Jeff KingNov 1, 2018

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