From: Thomas Rast Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2013 16:37:26 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 17/21] repack: consider bitmaps when performing repacks Message-ID: <87vbz0ipmh.fsf@linux-1gf2.Speedport_W723_V_Typ_A_1_00_098> In-Reply-To: <20131114124610.GQ10757@sigill.intra.peff.net> Jeff King writes: > From: Vicent Marti > > Since `pack-objects` will write a `.bitmap` file next to the `.pack` and > `.idx` files, this commit teaches `git-repack` to consider the new > bitmap indexes (if they exist) when performing repack operations. > > This implies moving old bitmap indexes out of the way if we are > repacking a repository that already has them, and moving the newly > generated bitmap indexes into the `objects/pack` directory, next to > their corresponding packfiles. > > Since `git repack` is now capable of handling these `.bitmap` files, > a normal `git gc` run on a repository that has `pack.writebitmaps` set > to true in its config file will generate bitmap indexes as part of the > garbage collection process. > > Alternatively, `git repack` can be called with the `-b` switch to > explicitly generate bitmap indexes if you are experimenting > and don't want them on all the time. > > Signed-off-by: Vicent Marti > Signed-off-by: Jeff King Reviewed-by: Thomas Rast -- Thomas Rast tr@thomasrast.ch