Shawn Pearce <spearce@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 16:26, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> A separate option would allow admins to let their clients ask to fetch >>> 4bc5fbf (that is v0.99~2) even if that commit is not at the tip of any ref >>> if they choose to. That is what (1) is about, and people who do not want >>> a separate option needs to argue that it is an unnecessary "feature". >> >> By the way, I personally do not think it is necessary, but as long timers >> on the list may recall, this has come up on the list for a few times. > > My feeling is clients aren't likely to do this, or grow this feature > anytime soon, so why add a backend option for it now? Lets add the > feature when the feature is necessary... and right now just fix the > race in smart HTTP. Yes, that is what is queued in today's 'pu'. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html