Re: [QUESTION] Improving disk space recovery for partial clones (GSoC 2026)
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Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
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- Mar 9, 2026, 13:46 UTC
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Hi Yuvraj,
On Mon, Mar 9, 2026 at 1:14 PM Yuvraj Singh Chauhan <ysinghcin@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hi, > > I'm interested in working on the "Improve disk space recovery for partial clones" project. > I am studying the codebase, particularly promisor-remote.c, builtin/backfill.c, > and the partial clone documentation.
Thanks for your interest in Git and this project.
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> I have a question to clarify the scope and direction of the project. > The project description mentions that git-backfill vs git-gc vs > git-repack vs git-maintenance is still undecided. > Has there been any recent discussion or consensus on this? > I want to make sure my proposal aligns with the community's direction.
I don't think that there is a consensus on this. It seems to me that someone said that git-backfill was likely not the best command for this, but I don't remember where and when this happened. It could have been in a private discussion.
Best.