From: Andreas Ericsson Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 08:11:02 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] consider previous pack undeltified object state only when reusing delta data Message-ID: <44A8D116.5070709@op5.se> In-Reply-To: Nicolas Pitre wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jun 2006, Andreas Ericsson wrote: > >>Johannes Schindelin wrote: >>> >>>>Without this there would never be a chance to improve packing for >>>>previously undeltified objects. >>> >>> >>>Earlier this year, I was quite surprised to learn that multiple repackings >>>actually improved packing. Does that patch mean this feature is gone? >>> >> >>The patch Linus sent removes that feature. This one re-introduces it. > > > Not really. > > Actually that multiple repacking "feature" was rather an artifact of the > delta data reuse code and not really by design. Here's what happened > before: > Thanks for the extensive and very clear info. Lovely to see a competent programmer who can also explain how things work. :) -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231