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Re: [PATCH] Update delta compression message to be less misleading

From
Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 11, 2009, 19:42 UTC
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On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com>
>
> Empty log message?
>
> I am scratching my head because this came as a reply to:
>
>    ...
>    > This I have absolutely no issue with.
>    >
>    > Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
>
>    I do not have problem with the wording either, but then the commit log
>    message needs to change, I think.  Care to re-submit?
>
> and your original read quite nicely:
>
>    Subject: [PATCH 2/2] pack-objects: report actual number of threads to be used
>    Date: Sat,  4 Apr 2009 11:59:56 -0500
>    Message-ID: <1238864396-8964-2-git-send-email-dpmcgee@gmail.com>
>
>    In the case of a small repository, pack-objects is smart enough to not start
>    more threads than necessary. However, the output to the user always reports
>    the value of the pack.threads configuration and not the real number of
>    threads to be used. This is easily fixed by moving the printing of the
>    message after we have partitioned our work.
>
>    (pack.threads is on autodetect and would be set to 4)
>    $ git-repack -a -d -f
>    Counting objects: 55, done.
>    Delta compression using 2 threads.
>    Compressing objects: 100% (48/48), done.
>    Writing objects: 100% (55/55), done.
>    Total 55 (delta 10), reused 0 (delta 0)
>
>    Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com>
>
> I was expecting to see something with a similar structure.  An updated
> title, an introductory text and the problem description, and the
> description of the solution.  Then "Acked-by:" you already received.
>
> The new title looks correct, the problem description from the original
> should still apply, but the solution is different, and that needs to
> change.
>
> I've committed it like this:
>
>    Author: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com>
>    Date:   Thu Apr 9 10:45:39 2009 -0500
>
>    Update delta compression message to be less misleading
>
>    In the case of a small repository, pack-objects is smart enough to not
>    start more threads than necessary. However, the output to the user always
>    reports the value of the pack.threads configuration and not the real
>    number of threads to be used.
>
>    Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com>
>    Acked-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
>    Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
>
> Thanks.

Sorry about that. I felt like the patch was a lot more self-explanatory now, since it was a text change and not a behavior change. It was my fault for forgetting the Ack.

-Dan
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Message 14 of 14 in “git-repack: use non-dashed update-server-info”
  1. 1/2 git-repack: use non-dashed update-server-infoDan McGee, Apr 4, 2009
  2. 2/2 pack-objects: report actual number of threads to be usedDan McGee, Apr 4, 2009
  3. Jeff KingApr 4, 2009
  4. Dan McGeeApr 4, 2009
  5. Jeff KingApr 4, 2009
  6. Nicolas PitreApr 5, 2009
  7. Dan McGeeApr 6, 2009
  8. Nicolas PitreApr 6, 2009
  9. Dan McGeeApr 6, 2009
  10. Nicolas PitreApr 6, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 8, 2009
  12. Update delta compression message to be less misleadingDan McGee, Apr 9, 2009
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 11, 2009
  14. Dan McGeeApr 11, 2009

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