Re: .git grows after git-gc?

From: Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 24, 2007, 14:35 UTC
Message-ID: <200704241535.32623.andyparkins@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.0.98.0704240939360.12375@xanadu.home>

On Tuesday 2007 April 24, Nicolas Pitre wrote:

Thank you for your thorough explanation.

>    Now when you repack, this parameter won't be used by default unless
>    you have repack.usedeltabaseoffset set to true in your config, which
>    will cause a small increase in pack size.

That sounds like it could easily be it. I thought I had usedeltabaseoffset turned on ages ago; but it turns out (while investigating this strange behaviour) what I actually had turned on was "usedelatabaseoffset".

Doh!

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> I think that (2) is the most probable cause of repack growth in your
> case.  Just try:
>
> 	git config --global repack.usedeltabaseoffset true
> 	git gc
>
> and you should get that 2MB back, possibly a bit more.

Strangely enough - I didn't - stayed at 97MB.  It's probably (1) then.

Thanks for your time. You've helped me find a typo in my config even if I didn't get my 2MB back :-)

Andy

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