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git-pack-redundant returns the most containing pack

From
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 16, 2005, 23:09 UTC
Message-ID
<20051116230956.GA21444@steel.home>

...which very confusing: "git-repack -a -d" leaves the repository with exactly the same packs as before, by creating a super-pack, and then happily removing it, because pack-redundant returns the newly created pack!

So, even if it is logically correct, it's hardly useful in practice.
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