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Re: Keeping unreachable objects in a separate pack instead of loose?

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Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Date
Jun 12, 2012, 19:09 UTC
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<m2fwa0fk0y.fsf@igel.home>
On Tue, 12 Jun 2012, Andreas Schwab wrote:
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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > We could close it in both cases by tweaking the mtime of the file
> > containing the object when we decide not to write because the object
> > already exists.
> 
> Though there is always the window between the existence check and the
> mtime update where pruning can hit you.
This is a tiny window compared to 2 weeks.
This could be avoided entirely with:
1. check presence of object X
2. update its mtime
3. check presence of object X again
4. create if doesn't exist
Nicolas
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Message 32 of 48 in “Keeping unreachable objects in a separate pack instead of loose?”
  1. Theodore Ts'oJun 10, 2012
  2. Hallvard B FurusethJun 10, 2012
  3. Thomas RastJun 11, 2012
  4. Ted Ts'oJun 11, 2012
  5. Jeff KingJun 11, 2012
  6. Nicolas PitreJun 11, 2012
  7. Ted Ts'oJun 11, 2012
  8. Jeff KingJun 11, 2012
  9. Ted Ts'oJun 11, 2012
  10. Jeff KingJun 11, 2012
  11. Jeff KingJun 11, 2012
  12. Ted Ts'oJun 11, 2012
  13. Jeff KingJun 11, 2012
  14. Hallvard Breien FurusethJun 11, 2012
  15. Jeff KingJun 11, 2012
  16. Hallvard Breien FurusethJun 11, 2012
  17. Ted Ts'oJun 11, 2012
  18. Jeff KingJun 11, 2012
  19. Ted Ts'oJun 11, 2012
  20. Jeff KingJun 11, 2012
  21. Ted Ts'oJun 11, 2012
  22. Jeff KingJun 11, 2012
  23. Nicolas PitreJun 12, 2012
  24. Jeff KingJun 12, 2012
  25. Nicolas PitreJun 12, 2012
  26. Jeff KingJun 12, 2012
  27. Shawn PearceJun 12, 2012
  28. Jeff KingJun 12, 2012
  29. Nicolas PitreJun 12, 2012
  30. Andreas SchwabJun 12, 2012
  31. Jeff KingJun 12, 2012
  32. Nicolas PitreJun 12, 2012
  33. Jeff KingJun 12, 2012
  34. Nicolas PitreJun 12, 2012
  35. Jeff KingJun 12, 2012
  36. Nicolas PitreJun 12, 2012
  37. Nicolas PitreJun 12, 2012
  38. Jeff KingJun 12, 2012
  39. Nicolas PitreJun 12, 2012
  40. Ted Ts'oJun 12, 2012
  41. Nicolas PitreJun 12, 2012
  42. Ted Ts'oJun 12, 2012
  43. Nicolas PitreJun 12, 2012
  44. Ted Ts'oJun 12, 2012
  45. Jeff KingJun 12, 2012
  46. Martin FickJun 13, 2012
  47. Johan HerlandJun 13, 2012
  48. Junio C HamanoJun 11, 2012

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