From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 05:43:38 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] fetch-pack: allow parallelizing packfile URI fetches
Message-ID: <apUUiv4SD0-W8QS3@pks.im>
In-Reply-To: <apSpaLf_Pu3G4Nqm@denethor>

On Sun, Aug 30, 2026 at 09:33:52PM -0500, Justin Tobler wrote:
> On 26/08/21 02:31PM, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > this patch series prepares git-fetch(1) and git-clone(1) to handle
> > fetches of packfile URIs in parallel. This can significantly speed up
> > fetches when the server announces a bunch of packfiles, as shown in the
> > benchmarks in the second patch.
> 
> So I've been working on a series to extend the use of the ODB
> transaction interface to also cover fetch-pack. As part of this, my
> current plan was to also refactor fetching packfile URIs so that they
> can be written through `odb_transaction_write_pack()`. I like what this
> series is doing, but I wonder if it might a bit more straightforward if
> we try to land transaction here first. Otherwise, I think we may end up
> having to redo some of these changes to get parallelizing packfile URI
> fetches to work.

I'm fine to drop this series for now in favor of yours. I'll resend once
your series has been merged. Thanks!

Patrick