Re: [RFC PATCH] repack: rewrite the shell script in C.
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
- Date
- Aug 14, 2013, 22:53 UTC
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Martin Fick <mfick@codeaurora.org> writes:
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> One suggestion would be to change the repack code to create > pack filenames based on the sha1 of the contents of the pack > file instead of on the sha1 of the objects in the packfile. > ... > I am not 100% sure if the change in naming convention I > propose wouldn't cause any problems? But if others agree it > is a good idea, perhaps it is something a beginner could do?
I would not be surprised if that change breaks some other people's reimplementation. I know we do not validate the pack name with the hash of the contents in the current code, but at the same time I do remember that was one of the planned things to be done while I and Linus were working on the original pack design, which was the last task we did together before he retired from the maintainership of this project.