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Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-repack: -b to pass --delta-base-offset

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 13, 2006, 13:51 UTC
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Nicolas Pitre wrote:
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> On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
>> This new option makes the resulting pack express the delta base
>> with more compact "offset" format.
> 
> Actually I thought about making it the default whenever git-pack-objects 
> supported it, and use a negative option with git-repack to disable it 
> instead.
> 
> The fact is that there is little reason for not using delta base offsets 
> in most cases and specifying -b all the time would become more of an 
> annoyance.

Perhaps we should leave it to configuretion variable, instead? And turn the new format on by default, like core.legacyHeaders

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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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  1. 1/2 pack-objects: document --delta-base-offset optionJunio C Hamano, Oct 13, 2006
  2. 2/2 git-repack: -b to pass --delta-base-offsetJunio C Hamano, Oct 13, 2006
  3. Nicolas PitreOct 13, 2006
  4. Jakub NarebskiOct 13, 2006
  5. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2006
  6. Jakub NarebskiOct 13, 2006
  7. Nicolas PitreOct 13, 2006
  8. Junio C HamanoOct 13, 2006

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