From: "Robert Coup via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Jonathan Tan" <jonathantanmy@google.com>,
"John Cai" <johncai86@gmail.com>,
"Jeff Hostetler" <git@jeffhostetler.com>,
"Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
"Derrick Stolee" <derrickstolee@github.com>,
"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
"Calvin Wan" <calvinwan@google.com>,
"Robert Coup" <robert@coup.net.nz>,
"Robert Coup" <robert@coup.net.nz>
Subject: [PATCH v4 7/7] docs: mention --refetch fetch option
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 14:02:11 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <da1e6de7a9f87c4d5a1970fba17380c3ea7b76ca.1648476132.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pull.1138.v4.git.1648476131.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>
From: Robert Coup <robert@coup.net.nz>
Document it for partial clones as a means to apply a new filter, and
reference it from the remote.<name>.partialclonefilter config parameter.
Signed-off-by: Robert Coup <robert@coup.net.nz>
---
Documentation/config/remote.txt | 6 ++++--
Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt | 3 +++
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/config/remote.txt b/Documentation/config/remote.txt
index a8e6437a903..0678b4bcfef 100644
--- a/Documentation/config/remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config/remote.txt
@@ -82,5 +82,7 @@ remote.<name>.promisor::
objects.
remote.<name>.partialclonefilter::
- The filter that will be applied when fetching from this
- promisor remote.
+ The filter that will be applied when fetching from this promisor remote.
+ Changing or clearing this value will only affect fetches for new commits.
+ To fetch associated objects for commits already present in the local object
+ database, use the `--refetch` option of linkgit:git-fetch[1].
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt b/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
index a0dd7c66f24..99f0eb30406 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/partial-clone.txt
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ Fetching Missing Objects
currently fetches all objects referred to by the requested objects, even
though they are not necessary.
+- Fetching with `--refetch` will request a complete new filtered packfile from
+ the remote, which can be used to change a filter without needing to
+ dynamically fetch missing objects.
Using many promisor remotes
---------------------------
--
gitgitgadget
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-03-28 14:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-02-01 15:49 [PATCH 0/6] [RFC] partial-clone: add ability to refetch with expanded filter Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-02-01 15:49 ` [PATCH 1/6] fetch-negotiator: add specific noop initializor Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-02-01 15:49 ` [PATCH 2/6] fetch-pack: add partial clone refiltering Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-02-04 18:02 ` Jonathan Tan
2022-02-11 14:56 ` Robert Coup
2022-02-17 0:05 ` Jonathan Tan
2022-02-01 15:49 ` [PATCH 3/6] builtin/fetch-pack: add --refilter option Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-02-01 15:49 ` [PATCH 4/6] fetch: " Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-02-01 15:49 ` [PATCH 5/6] t5615-partial-clone: add test for --refilter Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-02-01 15:49 ` [PATCH 6/6] doc/partial-clone: mention --refilter option Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-02-01 20:13 ` [PATCH 0/6] [RFC] partial-clone: add ability to refetch with expanded filter Junio C Hamano
2022-02-02 15:02 ` Robert Coup
2022-02-16 13:24 ` Robert Coup
2022-02-02 18:59 ` Jonathan Tan
2022-02-02 21:58 ` Robert Coup
2022-02-02 21:59 ` Robert Coup
2022-02-07 19:37 ` Jeff Hostetler
2022-02-24 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] fetch: add repair: full refetch without negotiation (was: "refiltering") Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-02-24 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] fetch-negotiator: add specific noop initializor Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-02-25 6:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-28 12:22 ` Robert Coup
2022-02-24 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] fetch-pack: add repairing Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-02-25 6:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-28 12:14 ` Robert Coup
2022-02-24 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] builtin/fetch-pack: add --repair option Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-02-24 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] fetch: " Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-02-24 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] t5615-partial-clone: add test for fetch --repair Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-02-24 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] maintenance: add ability to pass config options Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-02-25 6:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-28 12:02 ` Robert Coup
2022-02-28 17:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-02-25 10:29 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-28 11:51 ` Robert Coup
2022-02-24 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] fetch: after repair, encourage auto gc repacking Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-02-28 16:40 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-24 16:13 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] doc/partial-clone: mention --repair fetch option Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-02-28 16:43 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] fetch: add repair: full refetch without negotiation (was: "refiltering") Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-02-28 17:27 ` Robert Coup
2022-02-28 18:54 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] fetch: add repair: full refetch without negotiation Junio C Hamano
2022-02-28 22:20 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] fetch: add repair: full refetch without negotiation (was: "refiltering") Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-03-04 15:04 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] " Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-03-04 15:04 ` [PATCH v3 1/7] fetch-negotiator: add specific noop initializer Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-03-04 15:04 ` [PATCH v3 2/7] fetch-pack: add refetch Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-03-04 15:04 ` [PATCH v3 3/7] builtin/fetch-pack: add --refetch option Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-03-04 15:04 ` [PATCH v3 4/7] fetch: " Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-03-04 21:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-07 11:31 ` Robert Coup
2022-03-07 17:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-03-09 10:00 ` Robert Coup
2022-03-04 15:04 ` [PATCH v3 5/7] t5615-partial-clone: add test for fetch --refetch Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-03-04 15:04 ` [PATCH v3 6/7] fetch: after refetch, encourage auto gc repacking Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-03-04 15:04 ` [PATCH v3 7/7] doc/partial-clone: mention --refetch fetch option Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-03-09 0:27 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] fetch: add repair: full refetch without negotiation (was: "refiltering") Calvin Wan
2022-03-09 9:57 ` Robert Coup
2022-03-09 21:32 ` [PATCH v3 0/7] fetch: add repair: full refetch without negotiation Junio C Hamano
2022-03-10 1:07 ` Calvin Wan
2022-03-10 14:29 ` Robert Coup
2022-03-21 17:58 ` Calvin Wan
2022-03-21 21:34 ` Robert Coup
2022-03-28 14:02 ` [PATCH v4 0/7] fetch: add repair: full refetch without negotiation (was: "refiltering") Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-03-28 14:02 ` [PATCH v4 1/7] fetch-negotiator: add specific noop initializer Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-03-28 14:02 ` [PATCH v4 2/7] fetch-pack: add refetch Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-03-31 15:09 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-04-01 10:26 ` Robert Coup
2022-03-28 14:02 ` [PATCH v4 3/7] builtin/fetch-pack: add --refetch option Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-03-28 14:02 ` [PATCH v4 4/7] fetch: " Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-03-31 15:18 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-04-01 10:31 ` Robert Coup
2022-03-28 14:02 ` [PATCH v4 5/7] t5615-partial-clone: add test for fetch --refetch Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-03-31 15:20 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-04-01 10:36 ` Robert Coup
2022-03-28 14:02 ` [PATCH v4 6/7] fetch: after refetch, encourage auto gc repacking Robert Coup via GitGitGadget
2022-03-31 15:22 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-04-01 10:51 ` Robert Coup
2022-03-28 14:02 ` Robert Coup via GitGitGadget [this message]
2022-03-28 17:38 ` [PATCH v4 7/7] docs: mention --refetch fetch option Junio C Hamano
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