Re: [QUESTION] Improving disk space recovery for partial clones (GSoC 2026)
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Yuvraj Singh Chauhan <ysinghcin@gmail.com>
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- Mar 9, 2026, 14:22 UTC
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On Mon, Mar 09, 2026 at 02:46:06PM +0100, Christian Couder wrote:
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> Hi Yuvraj, > > On Mon, Mar 9, 2026 at 1:14 PM Yuvraj Singh Chauhan <ysinghcin@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm interested in working on the "Improve disk space recovery for partial clones" project. > > I am studying the codebase, particularly promisor-remote.c, builtin/backfill.c, > > and the partial clone documentation. > > Thanks for your interest in Git and this project. > > > I have a question to clarify the scope and direction of the project. > > The project description mentions that git-backfill vs git-gc vs > > git-repack vs git-maintenance is still undecided. > > Has there been any recent discussion or consensus on this? > > I want to make sure my proposal aligns with the community's direction. > > I don't think that there is a consensus on this. It seems to me that > someone said that git-backfill was likely not the best command for > this, but I don't remember where and when this happened. It could have > been in a private discussion. > > Best.
So should I understand the all the different ways and create a document for the command I think would be a good fit and why. And then the community can give their opinion on it?
sincerely, Yuvraj