Re: [PATCH] prepare_packed_git(): sort packs by age and localness.

> Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
>> When accessing objects, we first look for them in packs that
>> are linked together in the reverse order of discovery.
>> 
>> Since younger packs tend to contain more recent objects, which
>> are more likely to be accessed often, and local packs tend to
>> contain objects more relevant to our specific projects, sort the
>> list of packs before starting to access them.  In addition,
>> favoring local packs over the ones borrowed from alternates can
>> be a win when alternates are mounted on network file systems.
>
> ACK.  But...
>  
>> diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
>> @@ -431,6 +432,7 @@ extern off_t find_pack_entry_one(const unsigned char *, struct packed_git *);
>> +void rearrange_packed_git(void);
>
> Is that really necessary to make public?