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From: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-repack: generational repacking (and example hook
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Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:16:34 +1200
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Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>>>> 1. Do you agree that some users would want their git repositories to be
>>>> "maintenance free"?
>>> I'm not so sure.
>> Well, no offence, but I think you should withhold from voicing a
>> fundamental concern as this, because you're not one of its target users.
> Let's put it this way. A lot of car drivers would probably agree that it 
> is a Good Thing (tm) if their car automatically went to get gas, before it 
> ran out of it. Less hassle, right?
> 
> Yes, except if your car decides to get gas when you are already late, 
> speeding, trying to catch your plane.

Ok, but if you're only packing a few hundred objects it usually won't
matter because it is fast enough that you hardly notice.

And if you don't like it, you turn it off, or don't turn it on.

Sam.