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Re: [GSoC PATCH v4 7/7] Documentation/git-repack: document --drop-filtered and --dry-run

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Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 12, 2026, 17:51 UTC
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On Mon, Aug 10, 2026 at 7:41 PM Siddharth Shrimali <r.siddharth.shrimali@gmail.com> wrote:

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>  Documentation/git-repack.adoc | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-repack.adoc b/Documentation/git-repack.adoc
> index 72c42015e2..63943b078c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-repack.adoc
> +++ b/Documentation/git-repack.adoc
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
>  'git repack' [-a] [-A] [-d] [-f] [-F] [-l] [-n] [-q] [-b] [-m]
>         [--window=<n>] [--depth=<n>] [--threads=<n>] [--keep-pack=<pack-name>]
>         [--write-midx[=<mode>]] [--name-hash-version=<n>] [--path-walk]
> +       [--filter=<filter-spec>] [--drop-filtered [--dry-run]]
>
>  DESCRIPTION
>  -----------
> @@ -182,6 +183,42 @@ depth is 4095.
>         `objects` and `objects/info/alternates` sections of
>         linkgit:gitrepository-layout[5].
>
> +--drop-filtered::
> +       Delete the local objects that match the `--filter` specification
> +       instead of keeping them in a separate packfile, reclaiming the
> +       disk space they occupy. This is intended for partial clones,
> +       where the filtered objects are promisor objects that remain
> +       recoverable from the promisor remote and are lazily re-fetched
> +       on demand when they are next needed.
> ++
> +Only large blobs are supported for now, so `--filter=blob:limit=<n>`
> +is currently the only accepted filter. Because dropped objects must be
> +recoverable, this option requires a promisor remote to be configured
> +and refuses to run otherwise.
> ++
> +This option requires `-a`, and implies `-d`: the objects are dropped by
> +rebuilding the promisor pack without them and then removing the now
> +redundant old packs, so the redundant packs must be deleted for the
> +space to actually be reclaimed. It is incompatible with `--filter-to`
> +and with bitmap writing (`-b`/`--write-bitmap-index`), since filtering
> +breaks the single-pack closure that bitmaps require. A bitmap setting
> +coming from configuration is silently disabled for the duration of the
> +command.
> ++
> +As a convenience since dropped objects remain recoverable by lazy fetch,
> +`--drop-filtered` refuses to run while another operation
> +(merge, rebase, am, cherry-pick, revert, or bisect) is in progress, to
> +avoid a surprising network fetch mid-operation, and refuses to drop any
> +blob that the current index references, since such a blob would only be
> +lazily re-fetched by the next command that inspects the working tree.
> +These checks are skipped in bare repositories, which have neither a
> +working tree nor an index.

I think this patch could be squashed into patch 5/7 ("builtin/repack: actually drop filtered promisor blobs") except the above paragraph which could be added by patch 6/7 ("builtin/repack: add guards for --drop-filtered").

Thanks.
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Message 62 of 76 in “repack: add --drop-filtered to reclaim space in partial clones”
  1. 0/7 repack: add --drop-filtered to reclaim space in partial clonesSiddharth Shrimali, Jul 16, 2026
  2. 1/7 builtin/repack.c: add --drop-filtered and --dry-run optionsSiddharth Shrimali, Jul 16, 2026
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2026
  4. Siddharth ShrimaliJul 17, 2026
  5. Siddharth AsthanaJul 23, 2026
  6. Christian CouderJul 18, 2026
  7. Siddharth ShrimaliJul 20, 2026
  8. 2/7 list-objects-filter: add list_objects_filter__filter_oidset()Siddharth Shrimali, Jul 16, 2026
  9. 3/7 repack-promisor: allow excluding objects from the rebuilt promisor packSiddharth Shrimali, Jul 16, 2026
  10. 4/7 builtin/repack: enumerate promisor blobs for --drop-filteredSiddharth Shrimali, Jul 16, 2026
  11. 5/7 t7706: test --drop-filtered enumeration and validationSiddharth Shrimali, Jul 16, 2026
  12. 6/7 builtin/repack: actually drop filtered promisor blobsSiddharth Shrimali, Jul 16, 2026
  13. Siddharth AsthanaJul 23, 2026
  14. Siddharth ShrimaliJul 25, 2026
  15. 7/7 repack-promisor: record dropped objects in a drop logSiddharth Shrimali, Jul 16, 2026
  16. Siddharth AsthanaJul 23, 2026
  17. Siddharth ShrimaliJul 25, 2026
  18. Siddharth AsthanaJul 23, 2026
  19. Siddharth ShrimaliJul 25, 2026
  20. 0/7 repack: add --drop-filtered to reclaim space in partial clonesSiddharth Shrimali, Jul 30, 2026
  21. 1/7 builtin/repack.c: add --drop-filtered and --dry-run optionsSiddharth Shrimali, Jul 30, 2026
  22. Siddharth AsthanaAug 4, 2026
  23. 2/7 list-objects-filter: add list_objects_filter__filter_oidset()Siddharth Shrimali, Jul 30, 2026
  24. 3/7 repack-promisor: allow excluding objects from the rebuilt promisor packSiddharth Shrimali, Jul 30, 2026
  25. 4/7 builtin/repack: enumerate promisor blobs for --drop-filteredSiddharth Shrimali, Jul 30, 2026
  26. 5/7 builtin/repack: actually drop filtered promisor blobsSiddharth Shrimali, Jul 30, 2026
  27. 6/7 builtin/repack: add safety guards for --drop-filteredSiddharth Shrimali, Jul 30, 2026
  28. Siddharth AsthanaAug 4, 2026
  29. 7/7 Documentation/git-repack: document --drop-filtered and --dry-runSiddharth Shrimali, Jul 30, 2026
  30. Junio C HamanoJul 31, 2026
  31. Siddharth ShrimaliAug 1, 2026
  32. Junio C HamanoAug 2, 2026
  33. Siddharth ShrimaliAug 2, 2026
  34. Siddharth AsthanaAug 4, 2026
  35. 0/7 repack: add --drop-filtered to reclaim space in partial clonesSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 6, 2026
  36. 1/7 builtin/repack.c: add --drop-filtered and --dry-run optionsSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 6, 2026
  37. 2/7 list-objects-filter: add list_objects_filter__filter_oidset()Siddharth Shrimali, Aug 6, 2026
  38. 3/7 repack-promisor: allow excluding objects from the rebuilt promisor packSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 6, 2026
  39. 4/7 builtin/repack: enumerate promisor blobs for --drop-filteredSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 6, 2026
  40. 5/7 builtin/repack: actually drop filtered promisor blobsSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 6, 2026
  41. 6/7 builtin/repack: add guards for --drop-filteredSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 6, 2026
  42. 7/7 Documentation/git-repack: document --drop-filtered and --dry-runSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 6, 2026
  43. Junio C HamanoAug 6, 2026
  44. Junio C HamanoAug 6, 2026
  45. Siddharth ShrimaliAug 7, 2026
  46. Junio C HamanoAug 7, 2026
  47. Siddharth ShrimaliAug 8, 2026
  48. 0/7 repack: add --drop-filtered to reclaim space in partial clonesSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 10, 2026
  49. 1/7 builtin/repack.c: add --drop-filtered and --dry-run optionsSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 10, 2026
  50. 2/7 list-objects-filter: add list_objects_filter__filter_oidset()Siddharth Shrimali, Aug 10, 2026
  51. Christian CouderAug 12, 2026
  52. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2026
  53. Siddharth ShrimaliAug 12, 2026
  54. 3/7 repack-promisor: allow excluding objects from the rebuilt promisor packSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 10, 2026
  55. 4/7 builtin/repack: enumerate promisor blobs for --drop-filteredSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 10, 2026
  56. Christian CouderAug 12, 2026
  57. 5/7 builtin/repack: actually drop filtered promisor blobsSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 10, 2026
  58. 6/7 builtin/repack: add guards for --drop-filteredSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 10, 2026
  59. Christian CouderAug 12, 2026
  60. Siddharth ShrimaliAug 12, 2026
  61. 7/7 Documentation/git-repack: document --drop-filtered and --dry-runSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 10, 2026
  62. Christian CouderAug 12, 2026
  63. Junio C HamanoAug 11, 2026
  64. Siddharth ShrimaliAug 12, 2026
  65. 0/6 repack: add --drop-filtered to reclaim space in partial clonesSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 13, 2026
  66. 1/6 builtin/repack: add --drop-filtered and --dry-run optionsSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 13, 2026
  67. 2/6 list-objects-filter: add list_objects_filter__filter_oidset()Siddharth Shrimali, Aug 13, 2026
  68. 3/6 repack-promisor: allow excluding objects from the rebuilt promisor packSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 13, 2026
  69. 4/6 builtin/repack: enumerate promisor blobs for --drop-filteredSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 13, 2026
  70. 5/6 builtin/repack: actually drop filtered promisor blobsSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 13, 2026
  71. 6/6 builtin/repack: add guards for --drop-filteredSiddharth Shrimali, Aug 13, 2026
  72. Samuel BronsonSep 3, 2026
  73. Siddharth ShrimaliSep 4, 2026
  74. Christian CouderAug 14, 2026
  75. Junio C HamanoAug 14, 2026
  76. Siddharth ShrimaliAug 14, 2026

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