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Re: [RFC] pack-objects: compression level for non-blobs

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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 2, 2013, 02:23 UTC
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On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:
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>> And I was wrong. At least since 1b4bb16 (pack-objects: optimize
>> "recency order" - 2011-06-30) commits are spread out and can be mixed
>> with trees too. Grouping them back defeats what Junio did in that
>> commit, I think.
>
> I think you misunderstand what 1b4bb16 does. Junio uses a layout
> similar to what JGit has done for years. Commits are packed, then
> trees, then blobs. Only annotated tags are interspersed with commits.
> The decision on where to place tags is different, but has a similar
> purpose.

This is embarrassing. I looked at verify-pack output and somehow saw trees mixed with commits. I must have read it wrong. "git verify-pack -v <pack>|awk '{print $2;}'|uniq on recently created pack shows that only tags and commits are mixed. Sorry for the noise.

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Duy
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  3. Jeff KingDec 29, 2012
  4. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 29, 2012
  5. Jeff KingDec 29, 2012
  6. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 29, 2012
  7. Jeff KingDec 29, 2012
  8. Jeff KingDec 29, 2012
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  10. Jeff KingDec 30, 2012
  11. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyDec 30, 2012
  12. Jeff KingDec 30, 2012
  13. Shawn PearceDec 31, 2012
  14. Duy NguyenJan 1, 2013
  15. Duy NguyenJan 1, 2013
  16. Shawn PearceJan 1, 2013
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 1, 2013
  18. Duy NguyenJan 2, 2013
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