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Re: [RFC] repack vs re-clone

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 11, 2008, 19:53 UTC
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<200802112053.35141.jnareb@gmail.com>
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Nicolas Pitre wrote:
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> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008, Jakub Narebski wrote:
> 
> > [*1*] I hope that '--no-reuse-delta' means _try_ to find better delta,
> > but use current one as possible delta, not stupid forget about current
> > deltaification at all...
> 
> It is really "forget about everything".  And by the time you look for 
> the best delta from scratch, remembering what was the best delta before 
> won't give you much performance gain, plus it has nasty issues like 
> making sure no delta cycles are created if you reuse an old delta, etc.

So we have either: don't try to find better delta (default), or forget totally about old delta (--no-reuse-delta), no middle ground? That's bad...

Or the default is try to find better delta, but reuse if better?
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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Message 9 of 9 in “[RFC] repack vs re-clone”
  1. Marco CostalbaFeb 10, 2008
  2. Nicolas PitreFeb 10, 2008
  3. Jakub NarebskiFeb 11, 2008
  4. Marco CostalbaFeb 11, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinFeb 11, 2008
  6. Jakub NarebskiFeb 11, 2008
  7. Nicolas PitreFeb 11, 2008
  8. Nicolas PitreFeb 11, 2008
  9. Jakub NarebskiFeb 11, 2008

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