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Re: [RFC] git-clone should create packed refs

From
Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
Date
Feb 15, 2008, 01:13 UTC
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<200802150213.38532.johan@herland.net>
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On Friday 15 February 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, 15 Feb 2008, Johan Herland wrote:
> 
> > when git-clone is cloning repos with thousands of refs, it makes sense 
> > to create a packed-refs file directly in the clone, instead of having to 
> > run "git pack-refs" (or "git gc") afterwards to (re)pack the refs.
> 
> Sure, and it's easy, too.  The format of the packed-refs file is exactly 
> the same as the output of "git ls-remote <origin>".
As I said in my first email: similar, but not identical.
Contrast:

$ git ls-remote origin ec09f49905e94f3bbf04bf3521f1fc59b1345cbd HEAD ec09f49905e94f3bbf04bf3521f1fc59b1345cbd refs/heads/another_branch ec09f49905e94f3bbf04bf3521f1fc59b1345cbd refs/heads/master d6f7eacba9f07aa382a113e129866266c8d60642 refs/tags/complex_tag ec09f49905e94f3bbf04bf3521f1fc59b1345cbd refs/tags/complex_tag^{} ec09f49905e94f3bbf04bf3521f1fc59b1345cbd refs/tags/simple_tag $ cat .git/packed-refs # pack-refs with: peeled ec09f49905e94f3bbf04bf3521f1fc59b1345cbd refs/heads/master ec09f49905e94f3bbf04bf3521f1fc59b1345cbd refs/remotes/origin/another_branch ec09f49905e94f3bbf04bf3521f1fc59b1345cbd refs/remotes/origin/master d6f7eacba9f07aa382a113e129866266c8d60642 refs/tags/complex_tag ^ec09f49905e94f3bbf04bf3521f1fc59b1345cbd ec09f49905e94f3bbf04bf3521f1fc59b1345cbd refs/tags/simple_tag $

...Johan
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  1. Johan HerlandFeb 15, 2008
  2. Johannes SchindelinFeb 15, 2008
  3. Johan HerlandFeb 15, 2008

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