Re: What's cooking in git.git (May 2011, #06; Fri, 13)

From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: May 15, 2011, 04:51 UTC
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=TW=8_-Vrh=h1LekPTFzQOzZj-iw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vsjsh5gjw.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

> The sending side of "git push" (aka "send-pack") and "git fetch" (aka
> "upload-pack") should also be Ok because pack-objects has known to handle
> large blob in a pack by copying the bits straight without re-deltifying.

Sending a lot increases chance of unexpected disconnecting. But that's not the focus now.

> I however think the receiving end still wants to hold everything in core.
> It would be the natural next thing to fix around this area before doing
> anything else. If somebody is interested, look at the receiving end
> ("index-pack" and "unpack-objects") while I am still busy in this topic.

I looked at index-pack before. Will see how to fix it (that is if I'm not busy with pathspec stuff)

-- 
Duy