From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Will Entriken <fulldecent@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: gc.linkedobjectdir discussion
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:26:08 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqsidvosjj.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFwrLX7AVbhbP-Ha3Vag+7o5a-8fSaQxxx+z0DRurdzY-pBwkQ@mail.gmail.com> (Will Entriken's message of "Tue, 24 Feb 2015 16:56:55 -0500")
Will Entriken <fulldecent@gmail.com> writes:
> USAGE - CACHE HIT:
> During another pull or clone on a different working directory, git
> will find the required object in LINKEDOBJECTDIR and hard link into
> the active repo's object store.
What happens when the necessary objects are in a packfile, mixed
with other objects that this repository does not need but may be
necessary for other repositories?
> USAGE - DELETING:
> Whenever deleting an object, git will stat the file to see to see if
> its link count is 2, if so, both copies are deleted.
This is totally unworkable if you ever pack your repository. And
packing loose objects is a lot more efficient way to reduce your
disk footprint than sharing the object store among a handful of
repositories.
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2015-02-24 21:56 gc.linkedobjectdir discussion Will Entriken
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