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Re: support for large packs and 64-bit offsets

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Apr 9, 2007, 18:02 UTC
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0704091059240.6730@woody.linux-foundation.org>
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On Mon, 9 Apr 2007, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
> 
> I like this series.  I haven't had time to test it myself yet,
> and probably won't be able to do so before Junio merges it into a
> pu or next release.  But it looks OK on a first read.
Me too.. I just wonder whether it should have some more test coverage:
 - force v2 index by default
 - force a mode where a random smattering of index entries are done using 
   64-bit notation (even if they obviously won't need the high 33 bits)

As it is, nobody would normally even *use* the new format, much less the new capabilities.. And if it's not used, it's not tested, and it's going to have bugs.

		Linus
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Message 21 of 24 in “support for large packs and 64-bit offsets”
  1. Nicolas PitreApr 9, 2007
  2. 01/10 get rid of num_packed_objects()Nicolas Pitre, Apr 9, 2007
  3. 02/10 make overflow test on delta base offset work regardless of variable sizeNicolas Pitre, Apr 9, 2007
  4. 03/10 add overflow tests on pack offset variablesNicolas Pitre, Apr 9, 2007
  5. 04/10 compute a CRC32 for each object as stored in a packNicolas Pitre, Apr 9, 2007
  6. 05/10 compute object CRC32 with index-packNicolas Pitre, Apr 9, 2007
  7. 06/10 pack-objects: learn about pack index version 2Nicolas Pitre, Apr 9, 2007
  8. 07/10 index-pack: learn about pack index version 2Nicolas Pitre, Apr 9, 2007
  9. 08/10 sha1_file.c: learn about index version 2Nicolas Pitre, Apr 9, 2007
  10. 09/10 show-index.c: learn about index v2Nicolas Pitre, Apr 9, 2007
  11. 10/10 pack-redundant.c: learn about index v2Nicolas Pitre, Apr 9, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2007
  13. Nicolas PitreApr 9, 2007
  14. Shawn O. PearceApr 9, 2007
  15. Nicolas PitreApr 9, 2007
  16. Shawn O. PearceApr 9, 2007
  17. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2007
  18. Shawn O. PearceApr 9, 2007
  19. Nicolas PitreApr 9, 2007
  20. Junio C HamanoApr 9, 2007
  21. Linus TorvaldsApr 9, 2007
  22. Nicolas PitreApr 9, 2007
  23. Shawn O. PearceApr 9, 2007
  24. Nicolas PitreApr 9, 2007

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