From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 16:21:13 GMT
Subject: Re: [External] Re: [PATCH 2/2] fetch-pack.c: do not declare local commits as "have" in partial repos
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韩仰 <hanyang.tony@bytedance.com> writes:

> In $JOB, we modified git-repack to pack everything into a giant promisor
> pack if the repo is partially cloned.

I would imagine that would give you pretty much similar results as
the posted patch without incurring the cost of transfering the same
objects from the promisor remote.

> This basically does the same thing as
> you suggested, but without the cost of constructing the object list and
> removing the objects in the promisor packs.

Yup, repacking, instead of creating a new pack only to hold the
objects in the gap, would be much simpler.