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From: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>
To: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/3] bundle doc: elaborate on rev<->ref restriction
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:27:40 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <68ea4cc0-b9d3-a7fb-7c22-fa828f9dc52f@iee.email> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqo8awhh5z.fsf@gitster.g>

On 20/07/2021 21:19, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> +Revisions must accompanied by reference names to be packaged in a
>> +bundle, since the header of the bundle is in a format similar to 'git
>> +show-ref'.
> This may be an improvement in the way how the description refers to
> "show-ref", but we do not have to say anything about "show-ref" ;-)
>
> The reason we should give readers why they must give refs while
> creating a bundle, I think, is because the only way to access the
> contents of the bundle is to fetch refs from it, and the refs given
> to the command when the bundle was created becomes the refs that can
> be fetched from the bundle.
>
> Thanks.
>
Should the `list-heads` option be mentioned for investigating existing
bundles?
--
Philip

  reply	other threads:[~2021-07-21  9:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 41+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-06-07 14:37 [PATCH] bundle doc: rewrite the "DESCRIPTION" section Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-06-07 16:56 ` [PATCH v2] " Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-06-07 23:35   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-06-24 19:40   ` [PATCH v3 0/3] bundle doc: generaliz & elaborate Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-06-24 19:40     ` [PATCH v3 1/3] bundle doc: rewrite the "DESCRIPTION" section Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-06-29  4:52       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-06-24 19:40     ` [PATCH v3 2/3] bundle doc: split out thin v.s. not discussion from <rev-arg> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-06-29  4:52       ` Junio C Hamano
2021-06-24 19:40     ` [PATCH v3 3/3] bundle doc: elaborate on rev<->ref restriction Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-06-30  9:16     ` [PATCH v4 0/3] bundle doc: generalize & elaborate Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-06-30  9:16       ` [PATCH v4 1/3] bundle doc: rewrite the "DESCRIPTION" section Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-06-30  9:16       ` [PATCH v4 2/3] bundle doc: split out open v.s. closed discussion from <rev-arg> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-06-30 21:13         ` Junio C Hamano
2021-06-30  9:16       ` [PATCH v4 3/3] bundle doc: elaborate on rev<->ref restriction Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-02 11:26       ` [PATCH v5 0/3] bundle doc: generalize & elaborate Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-02 11:26         ` [PATCH v5 1/3] bundle doc: rewrite the "DESCRIPTION" section Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-02 11:26         ` [PATCH v5 2/3] bundle doc: elaborate on object prerequisites Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-02 15:10           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-02 11:26         ` [PATCH v5 3/3] bundle doc: elaborate on rev<->ref restriction Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-20 14:20         ` [PATCH v6 0/3] bundle doc: generalize & elaborate Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-20 14:20           ` [PATCH v6 1/3] bundle doc: rewrite the "DESCRIPTION" section Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-20 14:20           ` [PATCH v6 2/3] bundle doc: elaborate on object prerequisites Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-20 20:06             ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-20 14:20           ` [PATCH v6 3/3] bundle doc: elaborate on rev<->ref restriction Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-20 20:19             ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-21  9:27               ` Philip Oakley [this message]
2021-07-21 16:57                 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-22 11:37                   ` Philip Oakley
2021-07-22 11:46                     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-22 23:14                       ` Philip Oakley
2021-07-27  0:24         ` [PATCH v7 0/3] bundle doc: generalize & elaborate Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-27  0:24           ` [PATCH v7 1/3] bundle doc: rewrite the "DESCRIPTION" section Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-27  0:24           ` [PATCH v7 2/3] bundle doc: elaborate on object prerequisites Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-27  0:24           ` [PATCH v7 3/3] bundle doc: elaborate on rev<->ref restriction Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-28 15:17             ` Philip Oakley
2021-07-28 18:05             ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-31  8:23           ` [PATCH v8 0/3] bundle doc: generalize & elaborate Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-31  8:23             ` [PATCH v8 1/4] bundle doc: rewrite the "DESCRIPTION" section Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-31  8:23             ` [PATCH v8 2/4] bundle doc: elaborate on object prerequisites Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-31  8:23             ` [PATCH v8 3/4] bundle doc: elaborate on rev<->ref restriction Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-31  8:23             ` [PATCH v8 4/4] bundle doc: replace "basis" with "prerequsite(s)" Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason

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