On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Pyeron, Jason J CTR (US) <jason.j.pyeron.ctr@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Felipe Contreras >> Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 3:20 PM >> >> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 8:24 PM, Pyeron, Jason J CTR (US) >> <jason.j.pyeron.ctr@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > I may need to be nudged in a better direction, but please try to >> understand my intentions. >> > >> > I am facing a situation where I would like to use git bundle but at >> the same time inspect the contents to prevent a spillage[1]. >> > > <snip/> >> > >> > Am I barking up the right tree? >> >> Have you tried 'git fast-export'? The output is definitely not human >> inspectable, but should be relatively easy to parse to generate such a >> format. And instead of 'git bundle unbundle' you could use 'git >> fast-import'. or simply do the conversion in your script. > > No. But I am going to read up on it today. It clearly says "You can use it as a human-readable bundle replacement"[4]. Ah, didn't notice that. > My initial question is does it ever use deltas? No. > The repositories I just tested it on only seem to output full blobs (which is really nice from this use case point of view). In my experience it's nice for most use-cases. Since git only deals with full file contents, that makes sense. Cheers. -- Felipe Contreras -- 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