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Re: [PATCH] [RFC] Generational repacking

From
Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Date
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.
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  1. [RFC] Generational repackingSam Vilain, Jun 6, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2007
  3. Sam VilainJun 6, 2007
  4. Dana HowJun 7, 2007
  5. Sam VilainJun 7, 2007
  6. Nicolas PitreJun 7, 2007
  7. Sam VilainJun 7, 2007
  8. Nicolas PitreJun 7, 2007
  9. Sam VilainJun 7, 2007
  10. Martin LanghoffJun 7, 2007
  11. Sam VilainJun 7, 2007
  12. Martin LanghoffJun 7, 2007
  13. Nicolas PitreJun 7, 2007

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