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[2a01:4f8:120:2468::2]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id c2sm23785370wrn.28.2021.07.20.07.20.31 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 20 Jul 2021 07:20:31 -0700 (PDT) From: =?UTF-8?q?=C3=86var=20Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0=20Bjarmason?= To: git@vger.kernel.org Cc: Junio C Hamano , Johannes Schindelin , =?UTF-8?q?=C3=86var=20Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0=20Bjarmason?= Subject: [PATCH v6 2/3] bundle doc: elaborate on object prerequisites Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:20:25 +0200 Message-Id: X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.32.0.874.ge7a9d58bfcf In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Split out the discussion bout "object prerequisites" into its own section, and add some more examples of the common cases. 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 --- Documentation/git-bundle.txt | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt index 9c743aed49f..d5627b8cc51 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ 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 be created using exclusions. +See the "OBJECT PREREQUISITES" section below. Bundles created using revision exclusions are "thin packs" created using the `--thin` option to linkgit:git-pack-objects[1], and @@ -153,19 +154,49 @@ 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. +OBJECT PREREQUISITES +-------------------- + +When creating bundles it is possible to create a self-contained bundle +that can be unbundled in a repository with no common history, as well +as providing negative revisions to exclude objects needed in the +earlier parts of the history. + +Feeding a revision such as `new` to `git bundle create` will create a +bundle file that contains all the objects reachable from the revision +`new`. That bundle can be unbundled in any repository to obtain a full +history that leads to the revision `new`: + +---------------- +$ git bundle create full.bundle new +---------------- + +A revision range such as `old..new` will produce a bundle tip that'll +that'll require the revision `old` (and any objects reachable from it) +to exist for the bundle to be "unbundle"-able: + +---------------- +$ git bundle create full.bundle old..new +---------------- + +A self-contained bundle without any prerequisites can be extracted +into anywhere, even into an empty repository, or be cloned from +(i.e., `new`, but not `old..new`). + 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. -`git clone` can use any bundle created without negative refspecs -(e.g., `new`, but not `old..new`). If you want to match `git clone --mirror`, which would include your refs such as `refs/remotes/*`, use `--all`. 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 ``. +The 'git bundle verify' command can be used to check whether your +recipient repository has the required prerequisite commits for a +bundle. + EXAMPLES -------- -- 2.32.0.874.ge7a9d58bfcf