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Re:Too Perfect a Mirror by jefferai on Sunday March 24, 2013 @03:28PM (#5433192)
You didn't. Mirroring in this case refers to using git --mirror.

You're assuming it works like a traditional file system or block level mirror, but it doesn't. Corruption would in most cases have been caught. The weak (and accidental) link was relying on the server to give us a proper accounting of the current valid repositories.

Re:Too Perfect a Mirror by jlgreco on Sunday March 24, 2013 @06:59PM (#5434203)
> You didn't. Mirroring in this case refers to using git --mirror.

We have established that he knows they used git --mirror, and I am pretty certain that you could not possibly know that he did not read the article.