From: linux@horizon.com
To: gitzilla@gmail.com
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, linux@horizon.com
Subject: Re: A look at some alternative PACK file encodings
Date: 7 Sep 2006 05:07:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060907090756.30111.qmail@science.horizon.com> (raw)
> Support for 'thin' packs would pretty much require mixing IDs and
> (relative) offsets in the same pack file.
An alternative would be to create a small "placeholder" object that
just gives an ID, then refer to it by offset.
That would avoid the need for an id/offset bit with every offset,
and possibly save more space if the same object was referenced
multiple times.
And it just seems simpler.
next reply other threads:[~2006-09-07 9:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-09-07 9:07 linux [this message]
2006-09-07 12:57 ` A look at some alternative PACK file encodings Jon Smirl
2006-09-07 13:34 ` linux
2006-09-07 14:19 ` Jon Smirl
2006-09-07 15:01 ` linux
2006-09-07 14:39 ` Richard Curnow
2006-09-07 17:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-09-07 17:22 ` A Large Angry SCM
2006-09-07 17:32 ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-09-07 19:22 ` linux
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-09-07 8:41 linux
2006-09-07 17:20 ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-09-07 19:16 ` linux
2006-09-06 21:47 A Large Angry SCM
2006-09-06 23:23 ` Jon Smirl
2006-09-06 23:39 ` A Large Angry SCM
2006-09-06 23:56 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-07 0:10 ` Jon Smirl
2006-09-07 0:06 ` David Lang
2006-09-07 0:19 ` A Large Angry SCM
2006-09-07 0:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-09-07 0:37 ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-09-07 0:04 ` Jon Smirl
2006-09-07 5:41 ` Shawn Pearce
2006-09-07 5:34 ` Shawn Pearce
2006-09-07 0:40 ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-09-07 0:59 ` Jon Smirl
2006-09-07 2:30 ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-09-07 2:33 ` A Large Angry SCM
2006-09-07 1:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-09-07 2:47 ` Nicolas Pitre
2006-09-07 4:33 ` Shawn Pearce
2006-09-07 5:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-09-07 5:46 ` Shawn Pearce
2006-09-07 18:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-09-07 5:21 ` Shawn Pearce
[not found] ` <9e4733910609061617m6783d6c4xaca2f9575e12d455@mail.gmail.com>
2006-09-07 5:39 ` A Large Angry SCM
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