From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 17:24:35 GMT
Subject: Re: Big repo not shrinking on repack or gc?
Message-ID: <xmqqmw5lb7ho.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20150114143946.GE13247@inner.h.apk.li>

Andreas Krey <a.krey@gmx.de> writes:

> On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 07:49:36 +0000, Jeff King wrote:
> ...
>> You don't need the "-f" here. Just "git repack -ad" should be enough
>> (and the "-f" probably makes it _way_ slower).
>
> Indeed, factor four.
>
> However, my expectation is that a repack -ad will remove all the
> old pack files, as what is in there is either referenced and put
> into the new pack, or dropped => there should be a single pack file
> afterwards.
>
> This is not the case. :-( (Done only with 1.8.2 due to
> lack of compilers for this box.)

Guess in the dark: "ls -l .git/objects/pack"
Do you see any .keep files?