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Re: does git prune packs?

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JGJeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 14, 2005, 15:14 UTC
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Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
>>Does git-prune-packed eliminate packs that have been superceded by other 
>>packs?
> 
> 
> Nope. Pretty hard to do. Unless you just repack everything, at which point
> 
> 	git repack -a -d
> 
> will do the right thing.
I never repack, I just use your packs.

Easier on my hard disk, vastly reduces upload time (cable modem == slow uploads), since I can ssh to master.kernel.org and hardlink, and easier on kernel.org.

I'll remove the old packs manually.
Thanks,
	Jeff
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