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From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Subject: git-pack-redundant returns the most containing pack
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:09:56 +0100
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...which very confusing: "git-repack -a -d" leaves the repository with
exactly the same packs as before, by creating a super-pack, and then
happily removing it, because pack-redundant returns the newly created
pack!

So, even if it is logically correct, it's hardly useful in practice.