From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:35:52 GMT
Subject: Re: git auto-repack is broken...
Message-ID: <7vobvqoozr.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20111202171017.GB23447@sigill.intra.peff.net>

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,...