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Re: [QUESTION] Access to a huge GIT repository.

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Nov 19, 2005, 17:56 UTC
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On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Franck wrote:
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> Then by running git-repack -a -d, I build a new small pack that
> contains only latest objects, but then the script runs
> git-redundant-pack script which erases the new small one since all its
> objects are included in the old big one. Is that correct ?
Gaah.
The git-redundant-pack logic has totally broken "git repack -a -d"

Junio, can we undo that, please? With "-a", redundant pack removal is trivial (and we used to do it right, exactly because it is trivial), and without "-a", redundant pack removal is pointless (since it will never pack objects that are already packed).

So "git repack" should _never_ call git-redundant-pack. It's always either wrong or pointless.

git-redundant-pack is great for "git prune", not for repack.
		Linus
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  8. Lukas SandströmNov 19, 2005
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  10. Linus TorvaldsNov 19, 2005
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