Re: git gc and git repack

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mar 6, 2007, 21:13 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0703062211450.22628@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <loom.20070306T165455-693@post.gmane.org>

Hi,

On Tue, 6 Mar 2007, Sergio Callegari wrote:

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> I am puzzled by a different behavior when doing housekeeping with git-gc and
> git-repack:
>
> [...] 
> Done counting 75 objects.
> [...]
>
> while git repack -a -d gives
> 
> Done counting 143 objects.
> 
> I suspect, this has to to with my repository using alternates... (in 
> fact git-gc and git-repack start behaving identically if I pass the -l 
> (local) option to repack...  can anyone confirm that this is the only 
> difference?

Yes. And if you look in git-gc, you'll see as to why: it uses the -l flag.

> Also can anybody confirm whether git repack -a -d actually includes in 
> the pack also _all_ the "borrowed" objects? I.e. if it is in fact a way 
> to convert a repository that borrows objects into one that is 
> self-standing?

Yes exactly.

Ciao, Dscho