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Re: Are binary xdeltas only used if you use git-gc?

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Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Date
Nov 4, 2008, 01:57 UTC
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On Mon, 3 Nov 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org> writes:
> 
> > Right.  Those thin packs were designed for different versions of the 
> > same file in mind, not different files with almost the same content.  
> > This could possibly be improved at some point...
> 
> Wouldn't using a large --window help by going across name-hash boundaries?

The issue is to decide what preferred delta base to add to the list of objects. Currently only objects with the same path as those being modified are considered.

Nicolas
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Message 19 of 23 in “Are binary xdeltas only used if you use git-gc?”
  1. Thanassis TsiodrasOct 31, 2008
  2. Pierre HabouzitOct 31, 2008
  3. Thanassis TsiodrasOct 31, 2008
  4. Nicolas PitreOct 31, 2008
  5. Nicolas PitreOct 31, 2008
  6. Jakub NarebskiOct 31, 2008
  7. Thanassis TsiodrasOct 31, 2008
  8. Jakub NarebskiOct 31, 2008
  9. Matthieu MoyOct 31, 2008
  10. Nicolas PitreOct 31, 2008
  11. Thanassis TsiodrasNov 1, 2008
  12. Nicolas PitreNov 1, 2008
  13. Thanassis TsiodrasNov 3, 2008
  14. Pieter de BieNov 3, 2008
  15. Nicolas PitreNov 3, 2008
  16. Thanassis TsiodrasNov 3, 2008
  17. Nicolas PitreNov 4, 2008
  18. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2008
  19. Nicolas PitreNov 4, 2008
  20. Junio C HamanoNov 4, 2008
  21. Jean-Luc HerrenOct 31, 2008
  22. Matthieu MoyOct 31, 2008
  23. Thanassis TsiodrasOct 31, 2008

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