Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > But for git projects, even alternates isn't safe, in case somebody bases > their own work on a version of "pu" that eventually goes away (even with > reflogs, pruning *eventually* takes place). > > So I tend to think that alternates and shared object directories are > really for "temporary" stuff, or for *managed* repositories that are at > git *hosting* sites (eg repo.or.cz), and where there is some other safety > involved, ie users don't actually access the object directories directly > in any way. Actually that is not even true for repo.or.cz -- the site lets people to create *forks* of the main project, and I recall it is implemented in terms of alternates. That's one of the reasons I never asked to take over git.git repository there. I have alt-git.git instead, which does not allow forks. - 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