Re: 1.3.0 creating bigger packs than 1.2.3

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Apr 20, 2006, 14:47 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0604200745550.3701@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060420133640.GA31198@spearce.org>

On Thu, 20 Apr 2006, Shawn Pearce wrote:

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> Apparently I have created a repository which v1.2.3 packs about 50%
> smaller than 'next' does:
> 
>   v1.2.3 (tag):
>    60M pack-7f766f5af5547554bacb28c0294bd562589dc5e7.pack
> 
>   1.2.3.gf3a4 (an older 'next'):
>   128M pack-7f766f5af5547554bacb28c0294bd562589dc5e7.pack
> 
>   1.3.0.rc4.g8060 (a fairly recent 'next'):
>   118M pack-7f766f5af5547554bacb28c0294bd562589dc5e7.pack
> 
> Repeated packing with 1.3.0.rc4.g8060 doesn't seem to change the
> size of the pack file, its pretty consistent at 118M.

First try "git repack -a -d f", where the "-f" is the magic one.

Without the -f, git repack will re-use old pack information, which is much much faster, but not as space-efficient.

If that doesn't help, it might be time to look at the actual repo, but try that first.

		Linus