Re: [PATCH/RFC 0/6] reuse deltas found by bitmaps
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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- Mar 26, 2014, 17:33 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> 2. When considering whether a delta can be reused, check the bitmaps > to see if the client has the base. If so, allow reuse. > ... > The implementation I'm including here is the one I've shown before, > which does (2). Part of the reason that I'm reposting it before looking > further into these options is that I've written a t/perf script that can > help with the analysis.
Conceptually, that feels like a natural extension for the "thin pack" transfer. I wouldn't foresee a correctness issue, as long as the fetcher runs "index-pack --fix-thin" at their end.