From: Han Young <hanyang.tony@bytedance.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 03:03:01 GMT
Subject: Re: [External] git keeps recreating packs, exploding backup increments
Message-ID: <CAG1j3zGmA30w545+-6qFV6x+3HvM+fueYH-rv-_gaSTpZStMHg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1524b9a5-6f8b-4537-ba6b-bdfdd4b1bdcb@cendio.se>

On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM Pierre Ossman <ossman@cendio.se> wrote:
> We tried gc.bigPackThreshold in the hope it would force it to reuse
> packs better. But all we got instead was duplication. It still creates
> new packs with everything. It just stopped removing the old ones.

Is the repo partially cloned? git-repack will always pack promisor
packs even if it's a keep pack. This patch would fix it
https://lore.kernel.org/git/2728513.vuYhMxLoTh@mintaka.ncbr.muni.cz/

Thanks