Re: [PATCH] [RFC] Generational repacking
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Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
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- Jun 7, 2007, 21:36 UTC
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Martin Langhoff wrote:
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> On 6/7/07, Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> wrote: >> Run git-repack without -a from some hook. You can even launch it in the >> background. > > I posted an RFC patch a while ago doing exactly that, and Linus shot > it down, indicating we should instead print a message suggesting > repack to the user. > > Relevant thread around > http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/archives/git/0606/22977.html > >> Or what am I missing? > > I don't think people were comfortable at the time with concurrent > repacks -- though the semantics are safe if we don't hit any bug. My > guess is that noone wants to risk the .001% chances of data corruption > for this nice-to-have.
Ok. But if repack is generational you probably don't mind waiting for it on commit so don't need to background it.
Sam.