From: Horst H. von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2006 18:05:26 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-repack: -b to pass --delta-base-offset
Message-ID: <200610131805.k9DI5QDH016016@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl>
In-Reply-To: <junkio@cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
> This new option makes the resulting pack express the delta base
> with more compact "offset" format.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>

[...]

> @@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ OPTIONS
>  	about people fetching via dumb protocols from it.  Use
>  	with '-d'.
>  
> +-b::
> +	Pass the `--delta-base-offset` to `git pack-objects`;
> +	see gitlink:git-pack-objects[1].  Do not use this option
> +	if you want the repository to be accessible by older
> +	versions of git.
> +

Need to tell which version is the cutoff (say before 1.4.3 won't work).
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