From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Andreas Krey <a.krey@gmx.de>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Big repo not shrinking on repack or gc?
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 09:24:35 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqmw5lb7ho.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150114143946.GE13247@inner.h.apk.li> (Andreas Krey's message of "Wed, 14 Jan 2015 15:39:46 +0100")
Andreas Krey <a.krey@gmx.de> writes:
> On Wed, 14 Jan 2015 07:49:36 +0000, Jeff King wrote:
> ...
>> You don't need the "-f" here. Just "git repack -ad" should be enough
>> (and the "-f" probably makes it _way_ slower).
>
> Indeed, factor four.
>
> However, my expectation is that a repack -ad will remove all the
> old pack files, as what is in there is either referenced and put
> into the new pack, or dropped => there should be a single pack file
> afterwards.
>
> This is not the case. :-( (Done only with 1.8.2 due to
> lack of compilers for this box.)
Guess in the dark: "ls -l .git/objects/pack"
Do you see any .keep files?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-14 17:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-14 11:51 Big repo not shrinking on repack or gc? Andreas Krey
2015-01-14 12:49 ` Jeff King
2015-01-14 13:07 ` Andreas Krey
2015-01-14 14:39 ` Andreas Krey
2015-01-14 16:00 ` Andreas Krey
2015-01-14 17:24 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2015-01-15 1:23 ` Bryan Turner
2015-01-15 6:38 ` Andreas Krey
2015-01-15 7:05 ` Bryan Turner
2015-01-15 7:43 ` Andreas Krey
2015-01-15 8:56 ` Bryan Turner
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