Re: [PATCH] Support 64-bit indexes for pack files.

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Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>

Date

Feb 27, 2007, 17:36 UTC

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On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Geert Bosch wrote:

> For smaller packs, the I/O is all going to be buffered anyway,
> but if we're going to have >4GB pack files, it adds a lot of real
> I/O  and SHA1 computation for no good reason. If we get a rare chance
> to have a new pack format, why not fix this wart at the same time?

Fair enough.

Nicolas