From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:32:25 GMT
Subject: Re: How to stop sharing objects between repositories
Message-ID: <20090817063225.GA31533@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20090817061916.GA27530@coredump.intra.peff.net>

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 02:19:16AM -0400, Jeff King wrote:

>   1. "git repack -a" is sufficient to break dependency, as it copies
>      both packed and loose objects
> 
>   2. "git repack" _may_ break the dependency, if there are no packs, as
>      it copies only loose objects. It _may_ introduce inefficiency, but
>      only if there are loose objects.
> 
>   3. "git repack -l" always keeps the dependency and current efficiency.
> 
>      As an aside, making this list makes me realize there is no easy
>      "keep the dependency and increase efficiency". In other words, pack
>      everything that is not available otherwise, and then prune the
>      remaining packs.

OK, I take it back. "git repack -d -l -A" will get rid of any packs that
are redundant with your alternate.

-Peff