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Re: [PATCH] [RFC] Generational repacking

From
Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date
Jun 7, 2007, 03:05 UTC
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On Wed, 6 Jun 2007, Dana How wrote:
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> On 6/6/07, Sam Vilain <sam.vilain@catalyst.net.nz> wrote:
> > This is a quick hack at generational repacking.  The idea is that you
> > successively do larger repack runs as the number of packs accumulates.
> > 
> This patch complicates git-repack.sh quite a bit and
> I'm unclear on what _problem_ you're addressing.
> The recent LRU preferred pack patch
> reduces much of the value in keeping a repository tidy
> ("tidy" == "few pack files").
[...]

For the record... I didn't comment on this patch because I couldn't form a clear opinion about it.

But until its usefulness can be demonstrated I should side with Dana here.

Nicolas
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Message 13 of 13 in “[RFC] Generational repacking”
  1. [RFC] Generational repackingSam Vilain, Jun 6, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoJun 6, 2007
  3. Sam VilainJun 6, 2007
  4. Dana HowJun 7, 2007
  5. Sam VilainJun 7, 2007
  6. Nicolas PitreJun 7, 2007
  7. Sam VilainJun 7, 2007
  8. Nicolas PitreJun 7, 2007
  9. Sam VilainJun 7, 2007
  10. Martin LanghoffJun 7, 2007
  11. Sam VilainJun 7, 2007
  12. Martin LanghoffJun 7, 2007
  13. Nicolas PitreJun 7, 2007

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