Re: [PATCH/RFC] index-pack: produce pack index version 3
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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
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- Aug 14, 2012, 01:27 UTC
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On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 7:46 AM, Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
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> Colby is nearly done prototyping the bitmap reachability > implementation in JGit and will release the code under the BSD license > there soon. I can't promise when yet because Colby will soon be > heading out for some (much deserved) vacation time, and doesn't want > to publish something until he is ready to stand behind the code. So it > might not show up until mid-September. But I think its worth giving > him a few weeks to finish getting the code ready, vs. rushing > something in that someone else thinks might help. We have waited more > than 6 years or whatever to improve packing. Colby's experiments are > showing massive improvements (40s enumeration cut to 100ms) with low > disk usage increase (<10%) and no pack file format changes. Its OK to > wait 4 more weeks.
Thanks. I did not know it's being worked on (your last email did not indicate that, I think). I just wanted to try out and see how it might work. And sure I can wait :) -- Duy