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refs_from_alternate: helper to use refs from alternates
authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:32:53 +0000 (11:32 -0800)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:18:47 +0000 (16:18 -0700)
commit36cfda15527d4eb50c84256307e3cb46578f975e
tree636ad34656122b3c22046010b315d3581bca84f8
parentea2c69ed4728070be1d2ee953a6948398b859150
refs_from_alternate: helper to use refs from alternates

The receiving end of "git push" advertises the objects that the repository
itself does not use, but are at the tips of refs in other repositories
whose object databases are used as alternates for it. This helps it avoid
having to receive (and the pusher having to send) objects that are already
available to the receiving repository via the alternates mechanism.

Tweak the helper function that implements this feature, and move it to
transport.[ch] for future reuse by other programs.

The additional test demonstrates how this optimization is helping "git push",
and "git fetch" is ignorant about it.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Acked-by: Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
builtin/receive-pack.c
t/t5501-fetch-push-alternates.sh [new file with mode: 0755]
transport.c
transport.h