From: Nicolas Pitre Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:57:20 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] diff-delta: produce optimal pack data Message-ID: 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