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Re: git auto-repack is broken...

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Dec 2, 2011, 17:35 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> When the objects become unreferenced, we eject them from the pack into
> loose form again. If they don't become referenced in the 2-week window,
> they get pruned then. So yes, you drop the age information, but they do
> eventually go away.

If you update gc/repack -A to put them in a separate pack, then you would never be able to get rid of them, no? You pack, then eject (which gives them a fresher timestamp), then notice that you are within the 2-week window and pack them again,...

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