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Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jan 2025, #09; Fri, 31)

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Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 3, 2025, 17:10 UTC
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On 1/31/25 9:51 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> * ds/backfill (2025-01-23) 6 commits
>   - backfill: assume --sparse when sparse-checkout is enabled
>   - backfill: add --sparse option
>   - backfill: add --min-batch-size=<n> option
>   - backfill: basic functionality and tests
>   - backfill: add builtin boilerplate
>   - Merge branch 'ds/path-walk-1' into ds/backfill
> 
>   Lazy-loading missing files in a blobless clone on demand is costly
>   as it tends to be one-blob-at-a-time.  "git backfill" is introduced
>   to help bulk-download necessary files beforehand.
> 
>   Expecting a reroll.
>   cf. <Z4jeQSLmARruE5l3@pks.im>
>   source: <pull.1820.v2.git.1734712193.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

I've updated this onto 'master' now that ds/path-walk-1 is merged. v3 is imminent.

It required a few updates that I'm sure you've been making within the merge in order to keep 'seen' building.

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> * ds/name-hash-tweaks (2025-01-27) 7 commits
>   - pack-objects: prevent name hash version change
>   - test-tool: add helper for name-hash values
>   - p5313: add size comparison test
>   - pack-objects: add GIT_TEST_NAME_HASH_VERSION
>   - repack: add --name-hash-version option
>   - pack-objects: add --name-hash-version option
>   - pack-objects: create new name-hash function version
> 
>   "git pack-objects" and its wrapper "git repack" learned an option
>   to use an alternative path-hash function to improve delta-base
>   selection to produce a packfile with deeper history than window
>   size.
> 
>   Will merge to 'next'?
>   source: <pull.1823.v4.git.1738004554.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

Since this is still marked with a question mark, I'll mention that the last version seems stable and has Taylor's review.

Now that ds/path-walk-1 is merged to 'master', I can rebase and update my work for 'git repack --path-walk' on top after this merges, as the '--path-walk' option has textual conflicts with the '--name-hash-version' changes. (It also has some deeper discussion to consider, too, so I don't anticipate a quick review.)

Thanks, -Stolee

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