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Re: Diff format in packs

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Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 1, 2006, 01:03 UTC
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On 8/1/06, Martin Langhoff <martin.langhoff@gmail.com> wrote:
> just get all the file versions out of the ,v file and into the GIT
> repo, then do find .git/objects/ -type f | git-pack-objects. You don't
> have to even think of generating the packfile yourself.

Well, that's a bit of a lie, using bare find won't quite work, but if you look up the "Repacking many disconnected blobs" thread, there's a good discussion of packing objects that are not related to trees yet.

martin
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