From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:30:40 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pack-objects: reuse data from existing pack.
Message-ID: <7vu0ay8v4f.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vbqx8m62q.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:

> When generating a new pack, notice if we have already the wanted
> object in existing packs.  If the object has a delitified
> representation, and its base object is also what we are going to
> pack, then reuse the existing deltified representation
> unconditionally, bypassing all the expensive find_deltas() and
> try_deltas() routines.

This one has one nasty data corruption bug, which fortunately I
think I have figured out how to fix.  Please do not use it for
your production repository in the meantime.