Re: [PATCH] diff-delta: produce optimal pack data

From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date: Feb 24, 2006, 18:57 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0602241350190.31162@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <20060224183554.GA31247@hpsvcnb.fc.hp.com>

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Carl Baldwin wrote:

> My version is 1.2.1.  I have not been following your work.  When was
> pack data reuse introduced?

Try out version 1.2.3.

> From where can I obtain your delta patches?

Forget them for now -- they won't help you.

> There is really no opportunity for pack-data reuse in this case.  The
> repository had never been packed or cloned in the first place.  As I
> said, I do not intend to pack these binary files at all since there is
> no benefit in this case.

Yes there is, as long as you have version 1.2.3. The clone logic will simply reuse already packed data without attempting to recompute it.

> The delta patches may help but I can't say for sure since I don't know
> anything about them.

They (actually the last one) might help reduce the size of resulting packs but it currently has performance problems with some patological data sets.

I think you really should try git version 1.2.3 with a packed repository. It might handle your special case just fine.

Nicolas