Re: [RFC/PATCH] git-prune: never lose objects reachable from our refs.
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:14
"Peter Eriksen" [off-list ref] writes:
On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 11:25:10PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:quoted
Explicit <head> arguments to git-prune replaces, instead of extends, the list of heads used for reachability analysis by fsck-objects. By giving a subset of heads by mistake, objects reachable only from other heads can be removed, resulting in a corrupted repository. This commit stops replacing the list of heads, and makes the command line arguments to add to them instead for safety.Shouldn't the first sentence be "Explicit <head> arguments to git-prune extends, instead of replaces,...", that is, interchange the words extends and replaces? Did I miss something?
Sorry, what I meant was: "before this proposed change, it replaces instead of extends --- which means DANGER. This proposed change is to make things safer".