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Re: [PATCH] repack: add `repack.honorpackkeep` config var

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 26, 2014, 20:30 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 11:10:49AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> > The best name I could come up with is "--pack-keep-objects", since that
>> > is literally what it is doing. I'm not wild about the name because it is
>> > easy to read "keep" as a verb (and "pack" as a noun). I think it's OK,
>> > but suggestions are welcome.
>> 
>> pack-kept-objects then?
>
> Hmm. That does address my point above, but somehow the word "kept" feels
> awkward to me. I'm ambivalent between the two.
That word does make my backside somewhat itchy ;-)

Would it help to take a step back and think what the option really does? Perhaps we should call it --pack-all-objects, which is short for --pack-all-objectsregardless-of-where-they-currently-are-stored, or something? The word "all" gives a wrong connotation in a different way (e.g. "regardless of reachability" is a possible wrong interpretation), so that does not sound too good, either.

"--repack-kept-objects"?  "--include-kept-objects"?
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  2. Siddharth AgarwalJan 23, 2014
  3. pack-objects: turn off bitmaps when skipping objectsJeff King, Jan 23, 2014
  4. Siddharth AgarwalJan 23, 2014
  5. Siddharth AgarwalJan 23, 2014
  6. Jeff KingJan 24, 2014
  7. Siddharth AgarwalJan 24, 2014
  8. repack: add `repack.honorpackkeep` config varJeff King, Jan 28, 2014
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 28, 2014
  10. Jeff KingFeb 24, 2014
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 24, 2014
  12. Jeff KingFeb 26, 2014
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2014
  14. Jeff KingFeb 27, 2014
  15. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2014
  16. Jeff KingFeb 28, 2014
  17. Nasser GrainawiFeb 28, 2014
  18. Jeff KingMar 1, 2014
  19. Shawn PearceMar 3, 2014
  20. Junio C HamanoFeb 28, 2014
  21. Jeff KingMar 1, 2014
  22. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2014
  23. Jeff KingMar 3, 2014
  24. Junio C HamanoMar 3, 2014
  25. Jeff KingMar 3, 2014
  26. Vicent MartíJan 23, 2014
  27. Jeff KingJan 24, 2014

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