Re: worktrees vs. alternates

From: Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: May 16, 2018, 19:29 UTC
Message-ID: <3289a942-3f0d-ff63-7eab-95fe06c4c0f6@linuxfoundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <20180516192343.GB3417@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On 05/16/18 15:23, Jeff King wrote:

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> I implemented "repack -k", which keeps all objects and just rolls them
> into the new pack (along with any currently-loose unreachable objects).
> Aside from corner cases (e.g., where somebody accidentally added a 20GB
> file to an otherwise 100MB-repo and then rolled it back), it usually
> doesn't significantly affect the repository size.

Hmm... I should read manpages more often! :)

So, do you suggest that this is a better approach:

- mother repos: "git repack -adk"
- child repos: "git repack -Adl" (followed by prune)

Currently, we do "-Adl" regardless, but we already track whether a repo is being used for alternates anywhere (so we don't prune it) and can do different flags if that improves performance.

Best,

-- 
Konstantin Ryabitsev
Director, IT Infrastructure Security
The Linux Foundation