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Re: git repack: --depth=100000 causing larger not smaler pack file?

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PHPeter Harris <git@peter.is-a-geek.org>
Date
Mar 23, 2009, 14:05 UTC
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On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Kjetil Barvik wrote:
>  Question: is there some low level GIT command I can run to compare 2
>  pack files to maybe be able to see the reason behind the above table?
>  Maybe to see some details about how many delta's, how big each are,
>  total sizes, etc..
git verify-pack -v <pack.idx>

The columns are: SHA1 type size size-in-packfile offset-in-packfile depth base-SHA1 (the last two columns are only present for deltified objects)

Peter Harris
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  1. Kjetil BarvikMar 17, 2009
  2. Nicolas PitreMar 17, 2009
  3. Kjetil BarvikMar 23, 2009
  4. Mike RalphsonMar 23, 2009
  5. Peter HarrisMar 23, 2009
  6. Nicolas PitreMar 23, 2009

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