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Re: serious performance issues with images, audio files, and other "non-code" data

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Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Date
May 18, 2010, 19:59 UTC
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On Tue, 18 May 2010, Jeff King wrote:
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> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 03:33:58PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> 
> > > It will have to write the whole 200M packfile out each time, though.
> > 
> > No.  gc will only create a pack with new loose objects by default.  
> > Only if the number of packs grow too large will it combine them into one 
> > pack.
> 
> I think that is only "gc --auto".

Argh. You're right. And "gc --auto" is already ran by many commands already.

It is "git repack" that doesn't combine packs by default.
Nicolas
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  1. JohnMay 12, 2010
  2. Jakub NarebskiMay 12, 2010
  3. Jeff KingMay 14, 2010
  4. JohnMay 14, 2010
  5. Dirk SüsserottMay 14, 2010
  6. Jeff KingMay 17, 2010
  7. Sverre RabbelierMay 17, 2010
  8. Jeff KingMay 18, 2010
  9. Sverre RabbelierMay 18, 2010
  10. Jeff KingMay 18, 2010
  11. Nicolas PitreMay 18, 2010
  12. JohnMay 18, 2010
  13. Sverre RabbelierMay 18, 2010
  14. Jeff KingMay 18, 2010
  15. Nicolas PitreMay 18, 2010
  16. Jeff KingMay 18, 2010
  17. Nicolas PitreMay 18, 2010
  18. JohnMay 24, 2010
  19. Junio C HamanoMay 24, 2010
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  21. Jeff KingMay 25, 2010
  22. Michael J GruberMay 25, 2010
  23. JohnMay 25, 2010
  24. Nicolas PitreMay 25, 2010
  25. JohnMay 25, 2010
  26. Jeff KingMay 24, 2010
  27. JohnMay 24, 2010
  28. Jeff KingMay 24, 2010

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