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On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 17:23 -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> > For better packing, I think I used a larger depth, ie try something like
> > 
> > 	git repack -a -f --depth=50
> > 
> > to get more improvement. For a historical archive that you don't much use, 
> > doign the deeper depth is definitely worth it.
> 
> Using a larger window helps too.  It of course has a direct impact on 
> the processing to perform a full repack, but it has no runtime costs 
> when the pack is used.  So I'd suggest adding --window=50 to the above.
> 
> [ I made those suggestions in person to Thomas at OLS to which 
>   he replied he'd do it when he'd get back home.   ;-) ]

Thanks for the reminder. I actually logged into kernel.org already :)

	tglx