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Re: [PATCH] pack-objects: only throw away data during memory pressure

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Brian Downing <bdowning@lavos.net>
Date
Feb 12, 2008, 17:17 UTC
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<20080212171713.GH27535@lavos.net>
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On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 11:14:03AM -0600, Brian Downing wrote:
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> Sometimes I want a bounded window size with bounded memory usage; i.e. a
> maximum of 50 entries OR 256 megs worth.  That's for everyday repacking
> of my troublesome repository; without the window going down to less than
> 10 or so for the large files, it still takes way too long, but doing the
> whole thing at 10 makes for very poor packing.

(Yeah, the default depth is 10. I admit to shooting from the hip a bit in my description above, but I do really use that mode of operation, and wouldn't like to lose it.)

-bcd
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  1. pack-objects: only throw away data during memory pressureMartin Koegler, Feb 11, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinFeb 11, 2008
  3. Nicolas PitreFeb 11, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinFeb 11, 2008
  5. Nicolas PitreFeb 11, 2008
  6. Brian DowningFeb 12, 2008
  7. Nicolas PitreFeb 12, 2008
  8. Brian DowningFeb 12, 2008
  9. Brian DowningFeb 12, 2008
  10. Brian DowningFeb 12, 2008
  11. Nicolas PitreFeb 12, 2008
  12. Nicolas PitreFeb 13, 2008

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