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Re: [ANNOUNCE] more archives of this list

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Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 5, 2016, 15:04 UTC
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On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 11:28 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
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> There was discussion a long time ago about storing a common zlib
> dictionary in the packfile and using it for all of the objects. I don't
> recall whether there were any patches, though. It does create some
> complications with serving clones/fetches, as they may ask for a subset
> of the objects (so you have to send them the whole dictionary, which may
> be a lot of overhead if you're only fetching a few objects).

I'm nit picking since it's not actually "all objects". But pack v4 patches have two dictionaries (or more? i don't remember) for commits and trees :)

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Duy
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  1. Eric WongJul 10, 2016
  2. Eric WongJul 10, 2016
  3. Eric WongJul 28, 2016
  4. Jeff KingAug 5, 2016
  5. Jeff KingAug 5, 2016
  6. Eric WongAug 5, 2016
  7. Eric WongAug 5, 2016
  8. Jeff KingAug 5, 2016
  9. Eric WongAug 6, 2016
  10. Duy NguyenAug 5, 2016
  11. Jeff KingAug 5, 2016

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