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Re: [PATCH] Remove warning that repack only works on non-promisor packfiles

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JTJonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google.com>
Date
Jun 3, 2021, 21:35 UTC
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> On Wed, Jun 02, 2021 at 11:47:26AM +0000, Tao Klerks via GitGitGadget wrote:
> > From: Tao Klerks <tao@klerks.biz>
> >
> > The git-repack doc clearly states that it *does* operate on promisor
> > packfiles (in a separate partition), with "-a" specified. Presumably
> > the statements here are outdated, as they feature from the first doc
> > in 2017 (and the repack support was added in 2018)
> 
> Yeah, this all originally comes from Jeff H.'s design document in
> 637fc4467e (partial-clone: design doc, 2017-12-14), but probably should
> have been updated in 5d19e8138d (repack: repack promisor objects if -a
> or -A is set, 2018-08-08).
> 
> This looks good to me, but I'll add Jonathan Tan to the CC list to
> double check.
> 
>   Reviewed-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Thanks, Taylor. Yes, the patch is correct.
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Message 3 of 4 in “Remove warning that repack only works on non-promisor packfiles”
  1. Remove warning that repack only works on non-promisor packfilesTao Klerks via GitGitGadget, Jun 2, 2021
  2. Taylor BlauJun 2, 2021
  3. Jonathan TanJun 3, 2021
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 4, 2021

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