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Re: [WIP v2 2/2] pack-objects: support --blob-max-bytes

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 3, 2017, 23:48 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> I do also wonder if the two features would need to be separated for a
> GVFS-style solution. If you're not just avoiding large blobs but trying
> to get a narrow clone, you don't want the .git files from the
> uninteresting parts of the tree. You want to get no blobs at all, and
> then fault them in as they become relevant due to user action.

Thanks; I didn't think of this one while reviewing the overall design, but I agree that this is something important to think about.

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Message 12 of 17 in “[WIP 0/2] Modifying pack-objects to support --blob-size-limit”
  1. Jonathan TanJun 2, 2017
  2. 1/2 pack-objects: rename want_.* to ignore_.*Jonathan Tan, Jun 2, 2017
  3. Junio C HamanoJun 2, 2017
  4. 2/2 pack-objects: support --blob-size-limitJonathan Tan, Jun 2, 2017
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 2, 2017
  6. 0/2 Modifying pack objects to support --blob-max-bytesJonathan Tan, Jun 2, 2017
  7. 1/2 pack-objects: rename want_.* to ignore_.*Jonathan Tan, Jun 2, 2017
  8. 2/2 pack-objects: support --blob-max-bytesJonathan Tan, Jun 2, 2017
  9. Jeff KingJun 2, 2017
  10. Jonathan NiederJun 2, 2017
  11. Jeff KingJun 7, 2017
  12. Junio C HamanoJun 3, 2017
  13. Jeff HostetlerJun 15, 2017
  14. Jonathan TanJun 15, 2017
  15. Jeff KingJun 2, 2017
  16. Jonathan TanJun 5, 2017
  17. Jeff KingJun 7, 2017

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