From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 08:43:13 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] send-pack: allow skipping delta when sending pack
Message-ID: <20060521084313.GA12825@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vlksvzsmd.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 01:31:22AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> We do not delta an otherwise perfectly deltifiable object if its
> delta base happens to be at the depth edge in the original pack.
> So no, we do _NOT_ know if it is not worth it merely from the
> fact that it is not deltified in the existing pack.  And the

Yes, you're right. What do you suggest for this performance issue, then?
A manual no-delta trigger, or just going to get a cup of coffee while
pushing (my tests showed 5-6x slowdown from deltifying)?

-Peff