Re: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2022, #04; Thu, 17)

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 23, 2022, 18:27 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqo81wsewt.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <YjkloVk0BTqcgIiL@nand.local>

Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:

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> On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 04:34:27AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> * tb/cruft-packs (2022-03-02) 17 commits
>>
>>  A mechanism to pack unreachable objects into a "cruft pack",
>>  instead of ejecting them into loose form to be reclaimed later, has
>>  been introduced.
>>
>>  Waiting for discussion to settle.
>>  cf. <YiZI99yeijQe5Jaq@google.com>
>>  source: <cover.1646266835.git.me@ttaylorr.com>
>
> I responded to Jonathan's message here:
>
>     https://lore.kernel.org/git/YjkjaH61dMLHXr0d@nand.local/
>
> and I think it should be settled now. In an earlier thread, there was
> some discussion about whether or not a repository format extension is
> required. An extension is explicitly not required here, since the
> implementation of cruft packs was designed to avoid such a thing (see
> [1] for details on "why").

I think <Yjpxd8qhwnAIJJma@nand.local> yesterday is the last message in that thread?

Let's see how well it goes.

Thanks.