From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Shawn Pearce Subject: 1.3.0 creating bigger packs than 1.2.3 Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:36:40 -0400 Message-ID: <20060420133640.GA31198@spearce.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Apr 20 15:37:41 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FWZL4-0006LY-CQ for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 15:36:55 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750959AbWDTNgv (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:36:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750960AbWDTNgv (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:36:51 -0400 Received: from corvette.plexpod.net ([64.38.20.226]:45719 "EHLO corvette.plexpod.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750956AbWDTNgu (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:36:50 -0400 Received: from cpe-72-226-60-173.nycap.res.rr.com ([72.226.60.173] helo=asimov.home.spearce.org) by corvette.plexpod.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1FWZKn-0006sl-Qf for git@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:36:37 -0400 Received: by asimov.home.spearce.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 3FBC320FBB4; Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:36:40 -0400 (EDT) To: git@vger.kernel.org Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - corvette.plexpod.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spearce.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Apparently I have created a repository which v1.2.3 packs about 50% smaller than 'next' does: v1.2.3 (tag): 60M pack-7f766f5af5547554bacb28c0294bd562589dc5e7.pack 1.2.3.gf3a4 (an older 'next'): 128M pack-7f766f5af5547554bacb28c0294bd562589dc5e7.pack 1.3.0.rc4.g8060 (a fairly recent 'next'): 118M pack-7f766f5af5547554bacb28c0294bd562589dc5e7.pack Repeated packing with 1.3.0.rc4.g8060 doesn't seem to change the size of the pack file, its pretty consistent at 118M. Given that disk is pretty cheap these days I'm not concerned about the 2x increase but thought I'd let folks know that the packing improvements in 1.3.0 seem to have taken a small step backwards with regards to this particular dataset. I can make the repository available if somebody wants to look at it. -- Shawn.