Re: git-index-pack really does suck..

> "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org> writes:
> > Here's the rub:  in the missing object case we didn't find it
> > in the pack index, but it could be loose.  That's one failed
> > syscall per object if the object isn't loose.  If the object
> > isn't loose, it could be that it was *just* removed by a
> > running prune-packed, and the packfile that it was moved
> > to was created after we scanned for packfiles, so time to
> > rescan...
> 
> If that is the only reason we have these reprepare_packed_git()
> sprinkled all over in sha1_file.c (by 637cdd9d), perhaps we
> should rethink that.  Is there a cheap way to trigger these
> rescanning only when a prune-packed is in progress, I wonder...