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([2605:a601:9b88:8300:84d:e5ce:d94:dc76]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d75a77b69052e-50e3949c94fsm68224721cf.28.2026.04.19.15.41.11 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:41:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <24a970c5-0d01-4f1d-b6ea-50be646351b3@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 18:41:11 -0400 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: MIDX woes, was Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.54.0-rc2 To: Taylor Blau , Junio C Hamano Cc: Jeff King , git@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Schindelin References: <8c1def10-9039-aecd-4ce4-fb4676b47e9b@gmx.de> <20260416051732.GA48541@coredump.intra.peff.net> <20260416053435.GA646718@coredump.intra.peff.net> <621c9da9-2ec0-462d-ae51-0be5e0ca6ab2@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Derrick Stolee In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 4/16/26 4:29 PM, Taylor Blau wrote: > On Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 09:09:10AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: >>> The part that is striking about Johannes' report is that this happens >>> on a fetch, so it is being written automatically by normal maintenance >>> activities in that case. Without downgrading the default version back >>> to a compatible version, deleting the multi-pack-index(es) will not >>> keep the repo in a good state. >> >> I am not sure what you mean by "deleting will not keep the >> repository in a good state". Isn't multi-pack-index totall >> optional? > > I am also having trouble following this. My wording was bad, but I just meant that in this scenario the maintenance was generating a new multi-pack-index without the user directly requesting it. If the two Git versions are still interacting (or Git 2.25.0 and libgit2 or similar) such that the multi-pack-index continues regenerating with version 2, then the deletion doesn't fix it _forever_. Thanks, -Stolee