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Re: [PATCH 4/4] Teach "git clone" to pack refs

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Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jun 15, 2008, 17:56 UTC
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<20080615175613.GC6127@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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<200806151606.16380.johan@herland.net>
On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 04:06:16PM +0200, Johan Herland wrote:
> +	pack_refs(PACK_REFS_ALL);

I haven't looked carefully at the pack_refs code, but my understanding was that this would pack _all_ refs, including branches. Don't we generally try to leave branches unpacked, since they change a lot? IOW, shouldn't this just be "pack_refs(0)"?

-Peff
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Message 11 of 13 in “Teach "git clone" to pack refs”
  1. 0/4 Teach "git clone" to pack refsJohan Herland, Jun 15, 2008
  2. 1/4 Incorporate fetched packs in future object traversalJohan Herland, Jun 15, 2008
  3. 2/4 Move pack_refs() and friends into libgitJohan Herland, Jun 15, 2008
  4. Jeff KingJun 15, 2008
  5. 2/4 Move pack_refs() and friends into libgitJohan Herland, Jun 15, 2008
  6. 3/4 Prepare testsuite for a "git clone" that packs refsJohan Herland, Jun 15, 2008
  7. Jeff KingJun 15, 2008
  8. Jakub NarebskiJun 15, 2008
  9. 3/4 Prepare testsuite for a "git clone" that packs refsJohan Herland, Jun 15, 2008
  10. 4/4 Teach "git clone" to pack refsJohan Herland, Jun 15, 2008
  11. Jeff KingJun 15, 2008
  12. Johan HerlandJun 15, 2008
  13. Jeff KingJun 16, 2008

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