Hi,

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote:

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> On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > Besides, it is not really a temporary branch. If it was, the pull would 
> > _not_ download all these objects again, would it?
> 
> Well, exactly because they are temporary, we can't actually trust the 
> objects they point to.

Nonono.

We made _sure_ that FETCH_HEAD is only written once _all_ the objects were 
received. So, actually, we _can_, and we _should_ trust the objects they 
point to!

Or did I miss something?

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> For example, if you used one of the old-fashioned commit walkers, maybe we 
> got the initial commit, but we may not have gotten the whole _chain_. See?

Huh? I am quite certain that FETCH_HEAD is not updated in that case. If it 
is, that's a bug.

Ciao,
Dscho
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