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Subject: Re: Fetch-hooks
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On 02/12/2018 08:23 PM, Brandon Williams wrote:> Maybe this isn't
helpful but you may be able to implement this by using
> a remote-helper.  The helper could perform any sort of caching it needed
> to prevent re-downloading large amounts of data that is potentially
> thrown away, while only sending through the relevant commits which
> satisfy some criteria (signed, etc.).

This looks like a possibility, thanks! I'll likely try to implement it
this way if there can be no consensus on the features wanted for a
fetch-hook (as the current state of discussion looks like to me).