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From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Johannes Schindelin" <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
	"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/3] bundle doc: split out thin v.s. not discussion from <rev-arg>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 21:40:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <patch-2.3-63f871a0c72-20210624T193730Z-avarab@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover-0.3-00000000000-20210624T193730Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Split out the discussion of why you should or should not create "thin
bundles" into a new section, away from the discussion of our handling
of the rev-args syntax.

See 2e0afafebd (Add git-bundle: move objects and references by
archive, 2007-02-22) for the introduction of the documentation being
changed here.

Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-bundle.txt | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
index 1b02f8b7468..f231f42b12f 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ header indicating what references are contained within the bundle. The
 header is (mostly) in the format emitted by linkgit:git-show-ref[1].
 
 Like the the packed archive format itself bundles can either be
-self-contained or thin (see "--thin" in linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]).
+self-contained or thin, see the "OPEN (THIN) AND CLOSED BUNDLES"
+section below.
 
 See link:technical/bundle-format.html[the `bundle-format`
 documentation] for more details.
@@ -139,7 +140,20 @@ contained in the union of the given bases.  Each basis can be
 specified explicitly (e.g. `^master~10`), or implicitly (e.g.
 `master~10..master`, `--since=10.days.ago master`).
 
-It is very important that the basis used be held by the destination.
+OPEN (THIN) AND CLOSED BUNDLES
+------------------------------
+
+When creating bundles it is possible to create bundle tips that are
+either closed or open under reachability, i.e. those that contain all
+the history needed to get to a given point (closed), and those that do
+not (open). A revision such as "master" will produce a closed tip, a
+range such as "master~2..master" will not (unless the full history is
+contained within that range).
+
+Another name for "open" bundles might be "thin bundles", as in the
+`--thin` option to linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. Under the hood that's
+what `git bundle create` uses to write bundles. When thin bundles
+it is very important that the basis used be held by the destination.
 It is okay to err on the side of caution, causing the bundle file
 to contain objects already in the destination, as these are ignored
 when unpacking at the destination.
@@ -152,6 +166,11 @@ If you want to provide the same set of refs that a clone directly
 from the source repository would get, use `--branches --tags` for
 the `<git-rev-list-args>`.
 
+See the the `--thin` option to linkgit:git-pack-objects[1] noted
+above, and the discussion of "thin pack" in
+link:technical/pack-format.html[the pack format documentation] for
+further details.
+
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 
-- 
2.32.0.610.gd639e370050


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-06-24 19:40 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     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]
2021-06-29  4:52       ` [PATCH v3 2/3] bundle doc: split out thin v.s. not discussion from <rev-arg> 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
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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