From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2016 18:28:02 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] pack-objects: Teach it to use reachability bitmap index when generating non-stdout pack too
Message-ID: <xmqq1t1zf74d.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20160808181353.GC3995@teco.navytux.spb.ru>

Kirill Smelkov <kirr@nexedi.com> writes:

> Another question: I'm preparing another version of "pack-objects: Teach
> --use-bitmap-index codepath to  respect --local ..." and was going to
> put
>
>     ( updated patch is in the end of this mail )
>
> in the top of the message. Is it ok or better not to do so and just respin
> the patch in its own separate mail?

That would force those who pick leftover bits to _open_ and read a
first few lines.

Definitely it is better than burying a patch after 60+ lines, but a
separate patch with incremented "[PATCH v6 1/2]" on the subject line
beats it hands-down from discoverability's point of view.