Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-bundle - bundle objects and references for disconnected transfer.

From: Mark Levedahl <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:23:59 -0500

Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> It is not a usability issue if you are cleanly separating things which do 
> not belong together.
>
>   
This introduces order dependency that is otherwise not there. The order 
dependency makes perfect sense to one who understands the details, but 
otherwise seems arbitrary. (..still pondering what to do here).
> Example:
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> (echo Hallo; echo Bello; echo; echo blabla) | \
> (
> 	while read line; do
> 		echo "$line"
> 		if [ -z "$line" ]; then
> 			break
> 		fi
> 	done
> 	echo "xxx"
> 	cat
> )
>
> In this case, shell reads the header until an empty line is encountered. 
> The rest is piped through cat. And it does not matter if "blabla" is text 
> or binary.
>   
Doh! (sometimes you just have to whack people over the head with a 2x4). 
Thanks.

Mark