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question on alternates

Subject: question on alternates

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2 messages between Jul 24, 2007 and Jul 24, 2007.

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Michael S. Tsirkin· Jul 24, 2007, 10:00 UTC · lore

Is it possible to add an alternate to .git/objects/info/alternates to an existig repository, after the fact? If I do, is there a way to find and remove objects that already exist in the alternate?

Thanks,

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Jakub Narebski· Jul 24, 2007, 10:05 UTC · re: Michael S. Tsirkin · lore

Re: question on alternates

Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:

> Is it possible to add an alternate to .git/objects/info/alternates
> to an existig repository, after the fact?

Yes.

> If I do, is there a way to find and remove objects that
> already exist in the alternate?

I guess "git repack -a -d -l" (or "git gc --prune").

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