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From: linux@horizon.com
To: git@vger.kernel.org, nix@esperi.org.uk
Cc: linux@horizon.com
Subject: Re: git-pull followed by git-gc often yields *much* bigger pack than git-pull alone
Date: 12 Dec 2007 16:53:03 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071212215303.29921.qmail@science.horizon.com> (raw)

Pre-gc:
> -r--r--r-- 1 compiler hackers   12080 2007-12-12 20:35 pack-f534c957f3ee7f3f1046dee0081fcc315d9698bb.idx
> -r--r--r-- 1 compiler hackers  678643 2007-12-12 20:35 pack-f534c957f3ee7f3f1046dee0081fcc315d9698bb.pack

Post-gc:
> -r--r--r-- 1 compiler hackers   20912 2007-12-12 20:36 pack-5145ce9770077cee99795fc21cfcc6ea30eb6d47.idx
> -r--r--r-- 1 compiler hackers 1144055 2007-12-12 20:36 pack-5145ce9770077cee99795fc21cfcc6ea30eb6d47.pack

The fact that the index file has grown so much indicates that it's sucking in a bunch of
extra objects from the .keep pack, and you're seeing the duplication.

I'm not sure how that's happening, though.  I thought the --local flag to git-pack-objects told
it not to do that.

             reply	other threads:[~2007-12-12 22:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-12-12 21:53 linux [this message]
2007-12-12 22:06 ` git-pull followed by git-gc often yields *much* bigger pack than git-pull alone Nix
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2007-12-12 20:47 Nix

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