Re: [PATCH 0/4] Add git-pack-intersect

From: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date: Nov 9, 2005, 11:58 UTC
Message-ID: <4371E472.4030902@op5.se>
In-Reply-To: <20051109111917.GB30496@pasky.or.cz>

Petr Baudis wrote:

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> Dear diary, on Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 02:20:59AM CET, I got a letter
> where Lukas Sandström <lukass@etek.chalmers.se> said that...
> 
>>This patch series adds git-pack-intersect. It finds redundant packs
>>by calculating the union of all objects present in .git/objects/pack
>>and then computing the smallest set of packs which contain all the
>>objects in this union.
> 
> 
> Sounds nice, except the name - it does something else than what the name
> says, so perhaps something like 'git-pack-redundant' would be more
> appropriate.
>

It would be better if it was in git-prune or a default action for git-repack. I can't imagine a scenario where keeping redundant packfiles is useful.

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