Re: What's cooking in git.git (Sep 2024, #08; Fri, 20)

[Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>]

On 9/20/24 8:32 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

 > * ds/pack-name-hash-tweak (2024-09-19) 6 commits
 >   - test-tool: add helper for name-hash values
 >   - p5313: add size comparison test
 >   - git-repack: update usage to match docs
 >   - pack-objects: add GIT_TEST_FULL_NAME_HASH
 >   - repack: test --full-name-hash option
 >   - pack-objects: add --full-name-hash option
 >
 >   In a repository with too many (more than --window size) similarly
 >   named files, "git repack" would not find good delta-base candidate
 >   and worse, it may not use a blob from exactly the same path as a
 >   good delta-base candidate.  Optionally replace the name hash so
 >   that only blobs at the same path and nothing else are used as
 >   delta-base candidate.
 >
 >   Will merge to 'next'?
 >   source: <pull.1785.v2.git.1726692381.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

There was some speculation [1] that maybe this --full-name-hash option
would be considered redundant or irrelevant when the --path-walk feature
is submitted/reviewed/merged. I'm not sure that that is the case, but
maybe we should leave this open a bit longer for folks to weigh in on
it?

[1] 
https://lore.kernel.org/git/81bc5d69-cf50-409d-ac64-5b9b3f722ace@app.fastmail.com/T/#me45c4fd489bae987785cddb9580339095095fa9e

Thanks,
-Stolee