From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2017 23:48:38 GMT
Subject: Re: [WIP v2 2/2] pack-objects: support --blob-max-bytes
Message-ID: <xmqqinkcws2x.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20170602222640.u6vni5tdpjp3sayt@sigill.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> 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.