From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:55:32 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] pack-objects: reuse data from existing pack.
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0602151953290.916@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vbqx8m62q.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>



On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> 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