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Re: [RFC/PATCH] pack-refs --all

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Oct 8, 2006, 19:56 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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> On Sun, 8 Oct 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> This changes 'git-pack-refs' to pack only tags by default.
>
> Since there is not really a high cost attached, why not migrate towards 
> only-packed-refs? (Of course, this means that git-update-ref should learn 
> to update in-place)?

It indeed is tempting and I was tempted to do that and unify that with ref-log when we were talking about packed refs before I saw Linus's initial implementation.

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  1. pack-refs --allJunio C Hamano, Oct 8, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiOct 8, 2006
  3. Petr BaudisOct 8, 2006
  4. Johannes SchindelinOct 8, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 8, 2006

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