Re: git-index-pack really does suck..

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Apr 3, 2007, 21:28 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704031427050.6730@woody.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0704031425220.6730@woody.linux-foundation.org>

On Tue, 3 Apr 2007, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> 
> Yes, we could definitely skip the re-lookup if we had a "don't really 
> care, I can recreate the object myself" flag (ie anybody who is going to 
> write that object)

Side note: with "alternates" files, you might well *always* have the objects. If you do

	git clone -l -s ...

to create various branches, and then pull between them, you'll actually end up in the situation that you'll always find the objects and get back to the really expensive case..

		Linus

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