From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
To: Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/15] builtin/gc: forward git-gc(1)'s `--auto` flag when packing refs
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:10:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZgE_m8qP8Ng7omhR@tanuki> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOLa=ZTWvLkzdJMOS4nU=zGhmXS2nSEXzK3Wo2+=jRgV56atrA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 04:56:31PM -0700, Karthik Nayak wrote:
> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
>
> > Forward the `--auto` flag to git-pack-refs(1) when it has been invoked
> > with this flag itself. This does not change anything for the "files"
> > backend, which will continue to eagerly pack refs. But it does ensure
> > that the "reftable" backend only compacts refs as required.
> >
> > This change does not impact git-maintenance(1) as it won't ever end up
> > executing the pack-refs task when run with `--auto`.
> >
>
> I'm not sure I follow this one, the man page for git-maintenance(1)
> doesn't mention anything about not running pack-refs when `--auto` is
> used.
I'm clarifying this further in patch 15. It's quite confusing in the
first place that git-maintenance(1) doesn't ever pack refs at all when
using `--auto`. I will amend the commit message to explain this better.
Patrick
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Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-18 10:52 [PATCH 00/15] refs: introduce `--auto` to pack refs as needed Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-18 10:52 ` [PATCH 01/15] reftable/stack: fix error handling in `reftable_stack_init_addition()` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-20 21:50 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-03-25 9:10 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-18 10:52 ` [PATCH 02/15] reftable/error: discern locked/outdated errors Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-18 10:52 ` [PATCH 03/15] reftable/stack: use error codes when locking fails during compaction Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-20 22:14 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-03-25 9:10 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-18 10:52 ` [PATCH 04/15] reftable/stack: gracefully handle failed auto-compaction due to locks Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-20 22:22 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-03-25 9:10 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-18 10:52 ` [PATCH 05/15] refs/reftable: print errors on compaction failure Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-18 10:52 ` [PATCH 06/15] t/helper: drop pack-refs wrapper Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-18 10:52 ` [PATCH 07/15] refs: move `struct pack_refs_opts` to where it's used Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-18 10:52 ` [PATCH 08/15] refs: remove `PACK_REFS_ALL` flag Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-18 10:53 ` [PATCH 09/15] refs/reftable: expose auto compaction via new flag Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-18 10:53 ` [PATCH 10/15] builtin/pack-refs: release allocated memory Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-20 23:23 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-03-25 9:10 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-18 10:53 ` [PATCH 11/15] builtin/pack-refs: introduce new "--auto" flag Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-18 10:53 ` [PATCH 12/15] builtin/gc: move `struct maintenance_run_opts` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-18 10:53 ` [PATCH 13/15] t6500: extract objects with "17" prefix Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-18 10:53 ` [PATCH 14/15] builtin/gc: forward git-gc(1)'s `--auto` flag when packing refs Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-20 23:56 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-03-25 9:10 ` Patrick Steinhardt [this message]
2024-03-18 10:53 ` [PATCH 15/15] builtin/gc: pack refs when using `git maintenance run --auto` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-20 23:59 ` Karthik Nayak
2024-03-25 9:10 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-20 19:30 ` [PATCH 00/15] refs: introduce `--auto` to pack refs as needed Karthik Nayak
2024-03-25 9:10 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 10:02 ` [PATCH v2 " Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 10:02 ` [PATCH v2 01/15] reftable/stack: fix error handling in `reftable_stack_init_addition()` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 10:02 ` [PATCH v2 02/15] reftable/error: discern locked/outdated errors Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 10:02 ` [PATCH v2 03/15] reftable/stack: use error codes when locking fails during compaction Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 10:02 ` [PATCH v2 04/15] reftable/stack: gracefully handle failed auto-compaction due to locks Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 11:22 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 10:02 ` [PATCH v2 05/15] refs/reftable: print errors on compaction failure Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 10:02 ` [PATCH v2 06/15] t/helper: drop pack-refs wrapper Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 07/15] refs: move `struct pack_refs_opts` to where it's used Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 08/15] refs: remove `PACK_REFS_ALL` flag Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 09/15] refs/reftable: expose auto compaction via new flag Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 10/15] builtin/pack-refs: release allocated memory Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 11/15] builtin/pack-refs: introduce new "--auto" flag Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 12/15] builtin/gc: move `struct maintenance_run_opts` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 13/15] t6500: extract objects with "17" prefix Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 14/15] builtin/gc: forward git-gc(1)'s `--auto` flag when packing refs Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 10:03 ` [PATCH v2 15/15] builtin/gc: pack refs when using `git maintenance run --auto` Patrick Steinhardt
2024-03-25 11:23 ` [PATCH v2 00/15] refs: introduce `--auto` to pack refs as needed Karthik Nayak
2024-03-25 16:56 ` Junio C Hamano
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