From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 07:40:51 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] midx: implement midx_repack()
Message-ID: <xmqqbm5rjipo.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <41ef671ec8361a9635dc78c078d2d84e9d985236.1544465177.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> +		SECOND_SMALLEST_SIZE=$(ls -l .git/objects/pack/*pack | awk "{print \$5;}" | sort -n | head -n 2 | tail -n 1) &&

awk is capable of remembering $5 from each line of input, sorting
them and picking the second smallest element from it, isn't it?

> +		BATCH_SIZE=$(($SECOND_SMALLEST_SIZE + 1)) &&

... or incrementing the number by one, before reporting, for that
matter.