Re: [PATCH v3 7/9] multi-pack-index: prepare 'repack' subcommand
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> Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> It is slightly wrong, in that we don't sort by size. Instead we sort by
> modified time. That makes is a little complicated, but I'll give it
> another shot using your framing:
>
> Create a new pack-file containing objects in small pack-files
> referenced by the multi-pack-index. Select the pack-files by
> examining packs from oldest-to-newest, adding a pack if its
> size is below the batch size. Stop adding packs when the sum
> of sizes of the added packs is above the batch size. If the
> total size does not reach the batch size, then do nothing.
> Rewrite the multi-pack-index to reference the new pack-file.
> A later run of 'git multi-pack-index expire' will delete the
> pack-files that were part of this batch.