Re: A couple of questions

2005-04-18 Thread Paul Jackson
Linus wrote: > Nothing beats backups and distribution. Famous quote from the past: "Only wimps use tape backup: real men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)" Linus Torvalds -- I won't rest till it's the best ...

Re: A couple of questions

2005-04-18 Thread Linus Torvalds
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Imre Simon wrote: > > How will git handle a corrupted (git) file system? > > For instance, what can be done if objects/xy/z{38} does not pass the > simple consistency test, i.e. if the file's sha1 hash is not xyz{38}? > This might be a serious problem because, in general, on

A couple of questions

2005-04-18 Thread Imre Simon
How will git handle a corrupted (git) file system? For instance, what can be done if objects/xy/z{38} does not pass the simple consistency test, i.e. if the file's sha1 hash is not xyz{38}? This might be a serious problem because, in general, one cannot reconstruct the contents of file objects/xy/z