From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 17:56:59 GMT
Subject: Re: [QUESTION] Access to a huge GIT repository.
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0511190953520.13959@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <cda58cb80511190423w1e46bf5bu@mail.gmail.com>



On Sat, 19 Nov 2005, Franck wrote:
> 
> 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