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.
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.