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Re: [kernel.org users] Re: auto-packing on kernel.org? please?

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Oct 13, 2005, 21:23 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0510131422161.23590@g5.osdl.org>
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<434EC07C.30505@pobox.com>
On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Jeff Garzik wrote:
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> 
> Right now, things go through an expand-contract cycle:
> 
> * people base repos off of Marcelo or Linus's git repo, including using those
> pack files (saves download bandwidth, disk space through hardlinks).
> 
> * as 3rd parties and Marcelo/Linus merge stuff, .git/objects/* grows with
> individual files.
> 
> * once a month/release/whatever, Linus packs his repo, allowing all the repos
> following his to use those pack files, pruning a ton of objects off of
> kernel.org.
> 
> I have real users of my git repos who can't just download a 100MB pack file in
> an hour, it takes them many hours.
Argh.

Ok, I'm going to follow this up with three small patches that add a "-l" flag to "git repack", which does only a "local repack" (ie it will pack only objects that are _not_ in packs in alternate object directories).

That will hopefully mean that this usage case is supported too.
		Linus
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  1. Linus TorvaldsOct 13, 2005
  2. Carl BaldwinNov 21, 2005
  3. Linus TorvaldsNov 21, 2005
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2005
  5. Linus TorvaldsNov 21, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2005
  7. Chuck LeverNov 22, 2005
  8. Linus TorvaldsNov 22, 2005
  9. Catalin MarinasNov 22, 2005
  10. Linus TorvaldsNov 22, 2005
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  13. Carl BaldwinNov 22, 2005
  14. Linus TorvaldsNov 22, 2005
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  16. Dirk BehmeOct 16, 2005
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  19. Brian GerstOct 16, 2005
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