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Re: git gc --aggressive led to about 40 times slower "git log --raw"

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Feb 19, 2014, 18:59 UTC
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Philippe Vaucher <philippe.vaucher@gmail.com> writes:
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>> fwiw this is the thread that added --depth=250
>>
>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gcc.devel/94565/focus=94626
>
> This post is quite interesting:
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gcc.devel/94637

Yes, it most clearly says that --depth=250 was *not* a recommendation, with technical background to explain why such a long delta chain is a bad idea.

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  12. Duy NguyenFeb 19, 2014
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  14. Christian JaegerFeb 20, 2014
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  18. Junio C HamanoFeb 19, 2014
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  20. Christian JaegerFeb 21, 2014
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  23. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2014
  24. Philippe VaucherFeb 24, 2014
  25. Duy NguyenFeb 22, 2014
  26. David KastrupFeb 22, 2014
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  30. Andreas SchwabFeb 22, 2014
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