Re: git gc & deleted branches

Jeff King wrote:

On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 10:14:12AM -0500, Brandon Casey wrote:

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  -  Objects will not be accessible by ordinary git commands for a while,
     before they are really removed, avoiding surprises

Unreferenced objects are sometimes used by other repositories which have
this repository listed as an alternate. So it may not be a good idea to
make the unreferenced objects inaccessible.

But that is precisely what we're going to do, but in two weeks. Isn't it
better to have the dependent repo fail while the change is recoverable?

good point.

-b