Re: [PATCH] index-pack: --clone-bundle option

2016-03-04 Thread Jeff King
On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 03:20:20PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Junio C Hamano writes: > > > Note that this name choice does not matter very much in the larger > > picture. As an initial clone that bootstraps from a clone-bundle is > > expected to do a rough equivalent of: > > > > # creat

Re: [PATCH] index-pack: --clone-bundle option

2016-03-04 Thread Jeff King
On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 02:57:08PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Teach a new option "--clone-bundle" to "git index-pack" to create a > split bundle file that uses an existing packfile as its data part. > > The expected "typical" preparation for helping initial clone would > start by preparing a

Re: [PATCH] index-pack: --clone-bundle option

2016-03-03 Thread Junio C Hamano
Junio C Hamano writes: > Note that this name choice does not matter very much in the larger > picture. As an initial clone that bootstraps from a clone-bundle is > expected to do a rough equivalent of: > > # create a new repository > git init new-repository && > git remote add origin

[PATCH] index-pack: --clone-bundle option

2016-03-03 Thread Junio C Hamano
Teach a new option "--clone-bundle" to "git index-pack" to create a split bundle file that uses an existing packfile as its data part. The expected "typical" preparation for helping initial clone would start by preparing a packfile that contains most of the history and add another packfile that co