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Subject: Re: [PATCH] fetch-pack should not ask for a ref which is already
From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin () gmx ! de>
Date: 2005-09-30 12:20:51
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.63.0509301418380.15604 () wgmdd8 ! biozentrum ! uni-wuerzburg ! de
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Hi,
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> >
> > Wouldn't it make much more sense to add a flag which repairs an
> > incomplete fetch?
>
> No.
>
> We've seen crap. We've _seen_ people use the old git-ssh-pull etc that
> would result in incomplete repositories, and having people use the
> "--recover" flag.
>
> THAT KIND OF CRAP IS UNACCEPTABLE! I had to walk Andrew through a broken
> repository because he had used those unreliable fetch methods. I was
> ashamed of git at that point.
>
> If a ^C results in a repository that needs to be fixed up, the "source
> control management" is BROKEN. It's not source control, it's a buggy
> mess.
Okay, fair enough, I had that coming. But how about the opposite? A flag,
that says "I want to take the fast path, and if I fsck up, it is my fault
alone", just like "-f" to git-checkout?
Ciao,
Dscho
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