From: Andy Parkins Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 14:35:30 GMT Subject: Re: .git grows after git-gc? Message-ID: <200704241535.32623.andyparkins@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: 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! > 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 -- Dr Andy Parkins, M Eng (hons), MIET andyparkins@gmail.com