From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:47:07 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sha1_file: avoid re-preparing duplicate packs
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0606021045580.5498@g5.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060602164932.GA10216@coredump.intra.peff.net>



On Fri, 2 Jun 2006, Jeff King wrote:
> 
> This patch avoids duplicates in the packed_git list. It's not necessary
> under Linux, at least, but it just seems cleaner, and it's simple to do.

I think it's a good idea even under Linux, since on 32-bit machines, one 
of the constraints we have may simply be virtual memory space to map 
things into. With big packs, avoiding mapping them twice is a good idea.

		Linus