From: Nicolas Pitre Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:46:41 GMT Subject: Re: How git affects kernel.org performance Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20070107203120.GA4970@spearce.org> On Sun, 7 Jan 2007, Shawn O. Pearce wrote: > Krzysztof Halasa wrote: > > Hmm... Perhaps it should be possible to push git updates as a pack > > file only? I mean, the pack file would stay packed = never individual > > files and never 256 directories? > > Latest Git does this. If the server is later than 1.4.3.3 then > the receive-pack process can actually store the pack file rather > than unpacking it into loose objects. The downside is that it will > copy any missing base objects onto the end of a thin pack to make > it not-thin. No. There are no thin packs for pushes. And IMHO it should stay that way exactly to avoid this little inconvenience on servers. The fetch case is a different story of course. Nicolas