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From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
To: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>, git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>, Justin Tobler <jltobler@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] builtin/maintenance: use "geometric" strategy by default
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 07:12:29 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20282180-d018-47db-a44e-93c53af10d00@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260224-b4-pks-maintenance-default-geometric-strategy-v2-8-8657338c6fa1@pks.im>

On 2/24/26 3:45 AM, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:

> @@ -30,8 +30,7 @@ The possible strategies are:
>   +
>   * `none`: This strategy implies no tasks are run at all. This is the default
>     strategy for scheduled maintenance.
> -* `gc`: This strategy runs the `gc` task. This is the default strategy for
> -  manual maintenance.
> +* `gc`: This strategy runs the `gc` task.
>   * `geometric`: This strategy performs geometric repacking of packfiles and
>     keeps auxiliary data structures up-to-date. The strategy expires data in the
>     reflog and removes worktrees that cannot be located anymore. When the
> @@ -40,7 +39,8 @@ The possible strategies are:
>     are already part of a cruft pack will be expired.
>   +
>   This repacking strategy is a full replacement for the `gc` strategy and is
> -recommended for large repositories.
> +recommended for large repositories. This is the default strategy for manual
> +maintenance.

Thanks for these updates.

With this, v2 looks good to me.

-Stolee

  reply	other threads:[~2026-02-24 12:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-20 10:15 [PATCH 0/8] builtin/maintenance: use "geometric" strategy by default Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-20 10:15 ` [PATCH 1/8] t: fix races caused by background maintenance Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-23 16:01   ` Justin Tobler
2026-02-20 10:15 ` [PATCH 2/8] t: disable maintenance where we verify object database structure Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-23 16:07   ` Justin Tobler
2026-02-20 10:15 ` [PATCH 3/8] t34xx: don't expire reflogs where it matters Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-23  0:48   ` Derrick Stolee
2026-02-23 16:15   ` Justin Tobler
2026-02-20 10:15 ` [PATCH 4/8] t5400: explicitly use "gc" strategy Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-20 10:15 ` [PATCH 5/8] t5510: " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-20 10:15 ` [PATCH 6/8] t6500: " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-20 10:15 ` [PATCH 7/8] t7900: prepare for switch of the default strategy Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-20 10:15 ` [PATCH 8/8] builtin/maintenance: use "geometric" strategy by default Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-23  0:52   ` Derrick Stolee
2026-02-23  9:49     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-23 16:48   ` Justin Tobler
2026-02-24  8:15     ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-23  0:53 ` [PATCH 0/8] " Derrick Stolee
2026-02-24  8:45 ` [PATCH v2 " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-24  8:45   ` [PATCH v2 1/8] t: fix races caused by background maintenance Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-24  8:45   ` [PATCH v2 2/8] t: disable maintenance where we verify object database structure Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-24  8:45   ` [PATCH v2 3/8] t34xx: don't expire reflogs where it matters Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-24  8:45   ` [PATCH v2 4/8] t5400: explicitly use "gc" strategy Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-24  8:45   ` [PATCH v2 5/8] t5510: " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-24  8:45   ` [PATCH v2 6/8] t6500: " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-25 10:13     ` Toon Claes
2026-02-24  8:45   ` [PATCH v2 7/8] t7900: prepare for switch of the default strategy Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-24  8:45   ` [PATCH v2 8/8] builtin/maintenance: use "geometric" strategy by default Patrick Steinhardt
2026-02-24 12:12     ` Derrick Stolee [this message]
2026-02-25 10:33       ` Toon Claes
2026-02-24 18:54   ` [PATCH v2 0/8] " Justin Tobler

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