From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 06:09:30 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fetch-pack: do not remove .git/shallow file when --depth is not specified
Message-ID: <xmqqk3j9j84l.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1377483446-24834-1-git-send-email-pclouds@gmail.com>

Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy  <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

>  > The two possible fixes which I see are:
>  >
>  > 1) Replace back if (alternate_shallow_file) condition in fetch pack with
>  >    if (args->depth > 0)
>  >
>  > 2) alternate_shallow_file should be copy of shallow_lock.filename not a
>  >    reference to it
>
>  3) Move alternate_shallow_file to struct fetch_pack_args, which will
>     always be zero'd by memset
>
>  I think #1 is better. It's the original condition before 6035d6a
>  replaces it with "if (alternate_shallow_file)". Apparently I did not
>  see that fetch_pack() could be called twice. #3 is also an option,
>  but we still need static "shallow_lock" anyway, so I disregarded it.

Thanks.