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Re: [PATCH] pack-objects: reuse data from existing pack.

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Feb 16, 2006, 03:55 UTC
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On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> When generating a new pack, notice if we have already the wanted
> object in existing packs.  If the object has a delitified
> representation, and its base object is also what we are going to
> pack, then reuse the existing deltified representation
> unconditionally, bypassing all the expensive find_deltas() and
> try_deltas() routines.
I bow down before you.

No ugly special-case caching, just automatically "the right thing", with very little overhead.

It just makes sense.
We have a winner.
		Linus
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Message 9 of 17 in “[FYI] pack idx format”
  1. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2006
  2. Johannes SchindelinFeb 15, 2006
  3. Nicolas PitreFeb 15, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2006
  5. pack-objects: reuse data from existing pack.Junio C Hamano, Feb 16, 2006
  6. packed objects: minor cleanupJunio C Hamano, Feb 16, 2006
  7. Nicolas PitreFeb 16, 2006
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2006
  9. Linus TorvaldsFeb 16, 2006
  10. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2006
  11. Andreas EricssonFeb 16, 2006
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2006
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2006
  14. pack-objects: finishing touches.Junio C Hamano, Feb 17, 2006
  15. pack-objects: avoid delta chains that are too long.Junio C Hamano, Feb 18, 2006
  16. Linus TorvaldsFeb 17, 2006
  17. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2006

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