Re: git gc & deleted branches

Hi,

On Sat, 10 May 2008, Jeremy Maitin-Shepard wrote:

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

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On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 09:51:15PM -0400, Jeremy Maitin-Shepard wrote:

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When you create a new working directory, you would also create in the
original repository a symlink named
e.g. orig_repo/.git/peers/<some-arbitrary-name-that-doesn't-matter> that
points to the .git directory of the newly created working directory.

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That assumes you _can_ write to the original repository. That may or may
not be the case, depending on your setup.

FWIW this argument can be found in the mailing list.  It does not have to 
be told over and over again, right?

Well, I suppose in that case it could print a warning or maybe fail 
without some "force" option.  If you can't write to the repository, then 
I think it is safe to say that it will never know or care about you, so 
you will fundamentally have a fragile setup.  I'd say that except in 
very special circumstances, you are better off just not sharing it at 
all.

Counterexample kernel.org.  Counterexample repo.or.cz.

Hth,
Dscho