On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 12:15 AM Robin H. Johnson <robb...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > I think this is encapsulated in the v2/promisor work, but wanted to > check how close that was to fruition, and that it would indeed be > possible. > > This would enable replacement of any workflow that presently uses rsync > to update. > > If I have a clone (ideally shallow already) at A, I'd like to update it > to the latest remote tip at F, ALSO at depth 1, without fetching the > intermediate history (B..E), or blobs unique to the intermediate history > [and no longer referenced from any tree at F]. > > I critically want to ensure: > - that the remote does NOT send any blobs that I already have. > - that the remote does NOT send any blobs that are not reachable from > the new tip (e.g. blobs that existed between the old state and the new > state, but aren't needed anymore).
This is what we do now (I've created a small repo to test it again). Are you seeing that we transfer more than needed? > > -- > Robin Hugh Johnson > Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Treasurer > E-Mail : robb...@gentoo.org > GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85 > GnuPG FP : 7D0B3CEB E9B85B1F 825BCECF EE05E6F6 A48F6136 -- Duy
