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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 v4 2/3] bundle doc: split out open v.s. closed discussion from <rev-arg>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:16:27 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <patch-2.3-fe61f20f19f-20210630T091548Z-avarab@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover-0.3-00000000000-20210630T091548Z-avarab@gmail.com>

Split out the discussion of why you should or should not create "open
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 | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
index e19c2b83c91..3bb3b71526c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bundle.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ 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.
@@ -141,10 +142,20 @@ 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.
-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.
+OPEN 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).
+
+When creating "open" 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.
 
 `git clone` can use any bundle created without negative refspecs
 (e.g., `new`, but not `old..new`).
@@ -154,6 +165,25 @@ 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>`.
 
+THIN BUNDLES
+------------
+
+Bundles that are "open" (see above) are created "thin" by using the
+`--thin` option to linkgit:git-pack-objects[1]. Whether a bundle (or
+packfile) is "thin" is a subset of whether it's "open". What "thin"
+means is that such a packfile can store an object in a deltified form
+against a base object that is not in the same packfile.
+
+To put it another way, when creating "open" bundles we assume that the
+objects leading up to the starting range(s) already exist in the
+recipient repository, which allows us to save space. When we run 'git
+bundle unbundle' we invoke linkgit:git-index-pack[1] with the
+`--fix-thin` option.
+
+See the discussion of "thin pack" in
+link:technical/pack-format.html[the pack format documentation] for
+further details.
+
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 
-- 
2.32.0.613.g8e17abc2eb


  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-06-30  9:16 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       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]
2021-06-30 21:13         ` [PATCH v4 2/3] bundle doc: split out open v.s. closed discussion from <rev-arg> 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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