From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3F2C20323 for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2017 15:17:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760031AbdCVPRA (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Mar 2017 11:17:00 -0400 Received: from mail-yw0-f169.google.com ([209.85.161.169]:34362 "EHLO mail-yw0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751539AbdCVPQ6 (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Mar 2017 11:16:58 -0400 Received: by mail-yw0-f169.google.com with SMTP id p77so129759058ywg.1 for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2017 08:16:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=Cm6j0iT29JVdT4OhuejLsTvdozSdMIKOgwXKz3lRcqg=; b=Asw3mfE1jEbnTC56vVg3EEu7N7HJb5cKVVBijgjEsrbs6IUcUgGgFh2DvaOzo846v0 vbHtAAD+M+HW7ENtW+z5Lv0C+fyD/CKfC+Uuhp9afhTGa8skTTHKgjEaMujg0T9IG6+M K8PhUxldrNL+/jpd5jm5Nc5z59X0zR0yVapNW+XHKzWqUa6MQ7TiNdFckpUB/nP4Lh7L LpzUiVAC11G3HFIoHY1WPoJdAJy/8FwpB9h/TmiSgqE4gsy0X4QYBp61+awwTjwl0L3T EMALi3G71wXtuulreQ0g4RAdZJZe8dgUGy3U4k1TPfK9IW+ES83UFswdmcyJi9og25Ha w8Rg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=Cm6j0iT29JVdT4OhuejLsTvdozSdMIKOgwXKz3lRcqg=; b=nZ2zB1dCvrxB9Lr73zD4JslBdUEgt2sFDWAisGtRnnfwO/lVJEoDgId22KSN8fApXX v354rhRxFw0o/ciDq0/n/vWEBZXfkj7qQt1x7eMFCmHfYtlCos8mWR5f37FUhzakWqWh 2dUHayfPMU/9IuBZFzAzJrZEZR+n7z2w190CDFvMy/fYD1y2Lv6a8oNI70a7CaV2nSB+ +IntBwcpICyDVHRp+3qCFPG0u67MMGOEDi41C9EyjYnLT48KGQqW92diUptXX8xiBzCf P6bXNbKI4CsilbAbyQ8ELmJhvrRjo2XXhiTkKfHRbJslG/ObQIOOeMfuIW1ekDC97PwK 22cQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AFeK/H3qscIu6F1mBj44jc43b23e5D79VWvaBESLPMZmTOLIYoPmNBMaRLWbUv2FA3/4sNek/sdfC1cbG5PpGw== X-Received: by 10.129.175.27 with SMTP id n27mr12265487ywh.229.1490195806570; Wed, 22 Mar 2017 08:16:46 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.37.172.32 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Mar 2017 08:16:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <1488999039-37631-1-git-send-email-git@jeffhostetler.com> References: <1488999039-37631-1-git-send-email-git@jeffhostetler.com> From: ankostis Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:16:16 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/10] RFC Partial Clone and Fetch To: git@jeffhostetler.com Cc: Git Mailing List , jeffhost@microsoft.com, Jeff King , Junio C Hamano , markbt@efaref.net, benpeart@microsoft.com, Jonathan Tan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Dear Jeff I read most of the valuable references you provided but could not find something along the lines describing inline. On 8 March 2017 at 19:50, wrote: > From: Jeff Hostetler > > > [RFC] Partial Clone and Fetch > ============================= > > This is a WIP RFC for a partial clone and fetch feature wherein the client > can request that the server omit various blobs from the packfile during > clone and fetch. Clients can later request omitted blobs (either from a > modified upload-pack-like request to the server or via a completely > independent mechanism). Is it foreseen the server to *decide* with partial objects to serve And the cloning-client still to work ok? My case in mind is storing confidential files in Git (server) that I want to publicize them to partial-cloning clients, for non-repudiation, by sending out trees and commits alone (or any non-sensitive blobs). A possible UI would be to rely on a `.gitattributes` to specify which objects are to be upheld. Apologies if I'm intruding with an unrelated feature requests. Kostis