Re: [PATCH] pack-objects: re-validate data we copy from elsewhere.

> Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> writes:
> 
> > I think the better thing to do here is to not repack objects which
> > are already contained in very large packs.  Just leave them be.
> 
> I've been thinking about updating rev-list so that repack
> can be used to organize packs into zero or more "archive packs"
> and one "active pack".
> 
> repack without -a essentially boils down to:
> 
> 	rev-list --objects --all --unpacked |
>         pack-objects $new_pack
> 
> which picks up all live loose objects and create a new pack.
> 
> If rev-list had an extention that lets you say
> 
> 	rev-list --objects --all --unpacked=$active_pack |
> 	pack-objects $new_pack