From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: Using git as a general backup mechanism (was Re: Using GIT to store /etc) Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:01:39 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <787BE48C-1808-4A33-A368-5E8A3F00C787@mac.com> <8900B938-1360-4A67-AB15-C9E84255107B@mac.com> <200612121553.37499.andyparkins@gmail.com> <457F31E6.8090701@midwinter.com> <457F3606.7020805@midwinter.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:08:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org X-Authenticated: #1490710 X-X-Sender: gene099@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de In-Reply-To: <457F3606.7020805@midwinter.com> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by dough.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1GuHfd-0002B9-Mv for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:08:26 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932577AbWLMAIX (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:08:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932578AbWLMAIX (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:08:23 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:38431 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932577AbWLMAIW (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:08:22 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 13 Dec 2006 00:01:41 -0000 Received: from wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de (EHLO dumbo2) [132.187.25.13] by mail.gmx.net (mp043) with SMTP; 13 Dec 2006 01:01:41 +0100 To: Steven Grimm Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Hi, On Tue, 12 Dec 2006, Steven Grimm wrote: > Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > $ git pull --depth 1 > > > > Though it needs a server _and_ a client supporting shallow clones, > > which support is brewed in "next" right now. > > Will that actually discard old revisions that are already stored > locally? No. A pull should _never_ lose anything from the repository. However, if some objects become no-longer reachable (and at the moment it looks like we cut of history, even if we should not need to), they can be pruned from the repo. Hth, Dscho