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Re: [RFC/PATCH] pack-refs --all

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Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Date
Oct 8, 2006, 10:14 UTC
Message-ID
<20061008101403.GJ20017@pasky.or.cz>
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<7v4pufkz55.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Dear diary, on Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 10:08:54AM CEST, I got a letter where Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> said that...

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> This changes 'git-pack-refs' to pack only tags by default.
> Branches are meant to be updated, either by committing onto it
> yourself or tracking remote branches, and packed entries can
> become stale easily, but tags are usually "create once and live
> forever" and benefit more from packing.
> 
> ---
> 
>  * Likes?  Dislikes?
Looks much saner, thanks. :-)
-- 
				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
Stuff: http://pasky.or.cz/
#!/bin/perl -sp0777i<X+d*lMLa^*lN%0]dsXx++lMlN/dsM0<j]dsj
$/=unpack('H*',$_);$_=`echo 16dio\U$k"SK$/SM$n\EsN0p[lN*1
lK[d2%Sa2/d0$^Ixp"|dc`;s/\W//g;$_=pack('H*',/((..)*)$/)
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Message 3 of 5 in “pack-refs --all”
  1. pack-refs --allJunio C Hamano, Oct 8, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiOct 8, 2006
  3. Petr BaudisOct 8, 2006
  4. Johannes SchindelinOct 8, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2006

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