Re: git pack/unpack over bittorrent - works!

From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Date: Sep 2, 2010, 17:31 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1009021326290.19366@xanadu.home>
In-Reply-To: <4C7FDA32.5050009@gmail.com>

On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, A Large Angry SCM wrote:

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> On 09/02/2010 12:41 PM, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> 
> > For example, right now you already can't rely on having the exact same
> > pack output even on the same machine using the same arguments and the
> > same inputs simply by using threads.  As soon as you're using more than
> > one thread (most people do these days) then your pack output becomes non
> > deterministic.
> 
> Finally, the real pack expert weighs in!

BTW I just have a little time to quickly scan through my git mailing list backlog these days, and stumbled on this by luck. So if people want my opinion on such matters it is safer to CC me directly.

Nicolas

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