Re: [git pull] vfs pile 2

[Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 01:22:12PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009, Al Viro wrote:
> > 
> > reflog had been pruned already; still no effect.  Moreover, after looking
> > through the loose objects, I've found several commits that are definitely
> > reachable from master and now from your tree as well.  E.g.
> > objects/ea/ff8079d4f1016a12e34ab323737314f24127dd
> > is one of those - it's a commit and it's both in mainline *and* happens
> > to be tip of master.  No questions about being unreachable and AFAICS
> > no reasons whatsoever to leave it as a loose object...
> 
> If you want a maximal pack, use "git repack -Adl"

Still leaves the same bunch.

> The default gc thing will stop when it hits stuff that has been packed 
> already, which can leave _older_ unpacked objects unpacked. And since my 
> own repo isn't always fully packed, and git will only remove local objects 
> if they are available as _packed_ objects in the reference tree (ie my 
> repo), you'll end up with that kind of situation.

Yeah, but why aren't they put into local pack?  They _are_ new and they
definitely are referenced.  The newest in the repository, as the matter
of fact.

Odd...