Re: [PATCH 0/4] Pulling refs files

Dear diary, on Fri, May 13, 2005 at 08:49:25AM CEST, I got a letter
where Daniel Barkalow [off-list ref] told me that...

This series makes the following changes:

 1: Adds support for having the C code know about the general existance of
    .git/refs, and functions for writing these files.
 2: Adds support in the generic pull code for fetching refs (and dummy
    implementations).
 3: Adds support in the HTTP pull code for fetching refs
 4: Adds support in the rsh pull code for fetching refs; this requires
    changes to the protocol. These changes should be sufficient to support
    any future extension, however.

Hmm, I've honestly expected something different - a generic way to
specify any file in the repository to be pulled along, instead of a
introducing refs awareness at this level of git. What would be the
advantages of that approach against just specifying list of other files
to pull along?

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				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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