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Re: [PATCH] Add git-count-packs, like git-count-objects.

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Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
Oct 28, 2006, 06:51 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
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> Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> writes:
> 
> > Now that we are starting to save packs rather than unpacking into
> > loose objects its nice to have a way to list the number of current
> > packs and their total size.  This can help the user in deciding
> > when its time to run `git repack -a -d`.
> 
> Why not just do "ls -lh $GIT_OBJECT_DIR/pack/pack-*.pack"???

Because whatever we decide to use to make a pack 'active' may not be that simple.

Whatever. It was clearly a very tiny patch put together quickly before dinner tonight, perhaps not worth including at this point. Lets see what comes out of the other pack oriented discussion first.

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Message 3 of 6 in “Add git-count-packs, like git-count-objects.”
  1. Add git-count-packs, like git-count-objects.Shawn Pearce, Oct 28, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoOct 28, 2006
  3. Shawn PearceOct 28, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiOct 28, 2006
  5. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 2, 2006
  6. Jakub NarebskiNov 3, 2006

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