Re: [PATCHv1+eps] git-repack.txt: Clarify implications of -a for dumb protocols

["Andreas Klöckner" <lists@informa.tiker.net>]

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Thanks, that's much better!

Andreas

On Donnerstag 04 Juni 2009, Michael J Gruber wrote:
> The current text makes some users feel uneasy, worrying whether
> '-a' could lead to corrupt repositories. Clarify that '-a'
> may lead to performance issues only for dumb protocols.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
> ---
> Is that clear enough but concise?
>
> Applies to maint.
>
> [Sorry for the resend, I managed to mistype the subject.]
>
>  Documentation/git-repack.txt |    5 ++++-
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.txt b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
> index aaa8852..8af5505 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-repack.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.txt
> @@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ OPTIONS
>  	pack everything referenced into a single pack.
>  	Especially useful when packing a repository that is used
>  	for private development and there is no need to worry
> -	about people fetching via dumb protocols from it.  Use
> +	about people fetching via dumb protocols from it.
> +	(Over dumb protocols, one would have to fetch the whole new
> +	pack in order to get any contained object, no matter how
> +	many other objects in that pack exist locally already.) Use
>  	with '-d'.  This will clean up the objects that `git prune`
>  	leaves behind, but `git fsck --full` shows as
>  	dangling.



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