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Re: git pack-objects input list

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Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date
Dec 2, 2007, 02:23 UTC
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On Sat, 1 Dec 2007, Mike Hommey wrote:
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> On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 09:49:00AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > Hope that clarified something.
> 
> Thanks, that helped me understand my observations when trying to pack
> with and without file names in pack-objects input on different kind of
> datasets, where some would be best packed with and others would be without.
> 
> I'll try to add some words about the pack-objects input format in the
> documentation. I don't know if it's worth adding information about the
> packing process itself in the manual page. Or maybe that should be added
> to a more technical document about git (a bit like "git for computer
> scientists")

Look at Documentation/technical/ for existing technically oriented documents. The pack format and packing heuristics have documents of their own already. If you feel like adding more documentation there please just go ahead.

Nicolas
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  1. Mike HommeyDec 1, 2007
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  3. Mike HommeyDec 1, 2007
  4. Nicolas PitreDec 2, 2007

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