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Re: Start handling references internally as a sorted in-memory list

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CWChris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org>
Date
Sep 12, 2006, 01:09 UTC
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<20060912010930.GA18639@tuatara.stupidest.org>
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0609111632050.27779@g5.osdl.org>
On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 04:37:32PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> This also adds some very rudimentary support for the notion of packed
> refs.

Neat. Although git makes some repos nice and small the refs take a lot of space when people use a lot of them:

3.5M glibc/glibc-cvs.git/.git/refs/ 11M gcc-git/gcc.git/.git/refs/

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Message 6 of 21 in “Allow multiple "git_path()" uses”
  1. Linus TorvaldsSep 11, 2006
  2. Start handling references internally as a sorted in-memory listLinus Torvalds, Sep 11, 2006
  3. Linus TorvaldsSep 11, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoSep 11, 2006
  5. Linus TorvaldsSep 12, 2006
  6. Chris WedgwoodSep 12, 2006
  7. Add support for negative refsLinus Torvalds, Sep 12, 2006
  8. Make ref resolution sanerLinus Torvalds, Sep 12, 2006
  9. Jeff KingSep 12, 2006
  10. Linus TorvaldsSep 12, 2006
  11. [RFC] git-pack-refs --pruneJunio C Hamano, Sep 18, 2006
  12. Linus TorvaldsSep 18, 2006
  13. Junio C HamanoSep 18, 2006
  14. Junio C HamanoSep 21, 2006
  15. 1/5 symbolit-ref: fix resolve_ref conversion.Junio C Hamano, Sep 21, 2006
  16. 2/5 Add callback data to for_each_ref() family.Junio C Hamano, Sep 21, 2006
  17. 3/5 Tell between packed, unpacked and symbolic refs.Junio C Hamano, Sep 21, 2006
  18. 4/5 pack-refs: do not pack symbolic refs.Junio C Hamano, Sep 21, 2006
  19. 5/5 git-pack-refs --pruneJunio C Hamano, Sep 21, 2006
  20. Linus TorvaldsSep 21, 2006
  21. Junio C HamanoSep 22, 2006

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