Re: [Bug] data loss with cyclic alternates

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On Fri, 2014-07-11 at 09:01 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Ephrim Khong <dr.khong@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > git seems to have issues with alternates when cycles are present (repo
> > A has B/objects as alternates, B has A/objects as alternates).
> 
> Yeah, don't do that.  A thinks "eh, the other guy must have it" and
> B thinks the same.  In general, do not prune or gc a repository
> other repositories borrow from, even if there is no cycle, because
> the borrowee does not know anythning about objects that it itself no
> longer needs but are still needed by its borrowers.
> 

Doesn't gc get run automatically at some points? Is the automatic gc run
setup to avoid this problem? 

Thanks,
Jake

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