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[PATCH] fix same sized delta logic

From
Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date
Aug 30, 2007, 01:17 UTC
Message-ID
<alpine.LFD.0.999.0708292107520.16727@xanadu.home>

The code favoring shallower deltas when size is equal was triggered only when previous delta was also cached. There should be no relation between cached deltas and same sized deltas.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
---
diff --git a/builtin-pack-objects.c b/builtin-pack-objects.c
index 9b3ef94..12509fa 100644
--- a/builtin-pack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin-pack-objects.c
@@ -1389,21 +1389,25 @@ static int try_delta(struct unpacked *trg, struct unpacked *src,
 	if (!delta_buf)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (trg_entry->delta_data) {
+	if (trg_entry->delta) {
 		/* Prefer only shallower same-sized deltas. */
 		if (delta_size == trg_entry->delta_size &&
 		    src->depth + 1 >= trg->depth) {
 			free(delta_buf);
 			return 0;
 		}
-		delta_cache_size -= trg_entry->delta_size;
-		free(trg_entry->delta_data);
-		trg_entry->delta_data = NULL;
 	}
+
 	trg_entry->delta = src_entry;
 	trg_entry->delta_size = delta_size;
 	trg->depth = src->depth + 1;
 
+	if (trg_entry->delta_data) {
+		delta_cache_size -= trg_entry->delta_size;
+		free(trg_entry->delta_data);
+		trg_entry->delta_data = NULL;
+	}
+
 	if (delta_cacheable(src_size, trg_size, delta_size)) {
 		trg_entry->delta_data = xrealloc(delta_buf, delta_size);
 		delta_cache_size += trg_entry->delta_size;
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