* GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY ignored when cloning submodules
@ 2019-09-14 16:07 Robert Schmidt-Cisternas
2019-09-16 18:03 ` Junio C Hamano
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From: Robert Schmidt-Cisternas @ 2019-09-14 16:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
Hi,
In the pursuit of optimizing meta-repo workflows, I wanted to use
GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY to specify a single objects directory used by all
repos and submodules on a workstation.
The idea being that many metarepos will contain similar sets of
submodules, and objects can be reused, thus potentially saving massive
amounts of disk space and network traffic.
However, when cloning a repo with submodules, the variable is cleared
when the submodules are cloned recursively.
Is this a bug, or intentional?
Thanks,
Robert Schmidt
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* Re: GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY ignored when cloning submodules
2019-09-14 16:07 GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY ignored when cloning submodules Robert Schmidt-Cisternas
@ 2019-09-16 18:03 ` Junio C Hamano
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From: Junio C Hamano @ 2019-09-16 18:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Robert Schmidt-Cisternas; +Cc: git
Robert Schmidt-Cisternas <robert@schmidt-cisternas.net> writes:
> However, when cloning a repo with submodules, the variable is cleared
GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY applies to the source object store, not the
target object store---clearing is very much intentional, I think.
An operation like clone, fetch and push can involve two object
stores (iow, you can do them between two repositories on the same
machine using local transport), and allowing both sides to use the
same GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY would probably not make much sense.
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