From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2018 09:00:45 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/5] pack-objects: add delta-islands support
Message-ID: <20180728090044.GA16454@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAGZ79kYK3QkaSEinuq_Js5thVgY2-MyrN60W-Dws1p4eK73hHw@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 10:22:09AM -0700, Stefan Beller wrote:

> > That would solve the problem that fetching torvalds/linux from GitHub
> > yields a bigger pack than fetching it from kernel.org. But again, it's
> > making that root fork weirdly magical. People who fetch solely from
> > other forks won't get any benefit (and may even see worse packs).
> 
> Thanks for the explanation.
> I think this discussion just hints at me being dense reading the
> documentation. After all I like the concept.

I actually think it hints that the documentation in the commits
themselves is not adequate. :)

-Peff