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Re: Funny error with git gc...

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
May 15, 2009, 19:24 UTC
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Hi,
On Fri, 15 May 2009, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> On Fri, 15 May 2009, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>
> > Linus said:
> >
> > > Dscho? What are your pack-file statistics in this case?
> > 
> > Mostly around 50kB.
> 
> Can you give us an approximation for how many are under 16kB or so?
None.
Starts at around 20kB, median is 34kB.
> The "proper solution" is likely to not avoid repacking. Scripted stuff 
> that does that is buggy.

Yeah, but maybe there are even more clueless people than me running into that situation.

Anyway, off for the weekend, Dscho

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  1. Johannes SchindelinMay 15, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2009
  3. Avery PennarunMay 15, 2009
  4. Linus TorvaldsMay 15, 2009
  5. Johannes SchindelinMay 15, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinMay 15, 2009
  7. Johannes SchindelinMay 15, 2009
  8. Linus TorvaldsMay 15, 2009
  9. Johannes SchindelinMay 23, 2009
  10. Linus TorvaldsMay 23, 2009
  11. Johannes SchindelinMay 24, 2009
  12. Linus TorvaldsMay 15, 2009
  13. Johannes SchindelinMay 15, 2009
  14. Daniel BarkalowMay 15, 2009
  15. Matthias AndreeMay 18, 2009
  16. Cope better with a _lot_ of packsJohannes Schindelin, May 15, 2009
  17. Shawn O. PearceMay 15, 2009
  18. Junio C HamanoMay 21, 2009

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