Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] bundle: generate packfiles via the object database

Justin Tobler <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.git
Message-ID <aoYkfl3Q2_8bmijh@denethor>
On 26/08/17 07:39AM, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> git-bundle(1) spawns git-pack-objects(1) directly to generate the pack
> data that gets appended to the bundle header. While bundles are not
> part of the wire protocol, they are a transfer mechanism for packs all
> the same, so convert them to use the pack generation interface of the
> object database as well.

Just to clarify, so the intent here is that git-bundle(1) can be used
one a repository using a different ODB backend and still generate a
bundle correct? The bundle would still ultimately use a packfile as the
common language format though.

-Justin
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