From: René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2010 18:07:43 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 8/8] Remove pack file handling dependency from wrapper.o
Message-ID: <4CD5996F.6010809@lsrfire.ath.cx>
In-Reply-To: <20101106115237.GH27641@burratino>

Am 06.11.2010 12:52, schrieb Jonathan Nieder:
> Commands that might access a git repository should discard pack
> windows when memory is tight, but helpers like show-index do not need
> to.
> 
> So stop setting try_to_free_pack_memory as the default
> try_to_free_routine and instead set up the try_to_free handler
> explicitly in main() for callers that require it.

Ugh.  Having to remember setting this handler is tedious.

Can it be set automatically once the first pack is loaded?  A quick look
suggests that use_pack() would be the right place to do it.

René