From: Martin Fick <mfick@codeaurora.org>
To: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
git@vger.kernel.org, bup-list@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] multi-pack-index: allow operating without pack files
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2021 19:11:09 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3649958.14eQuSAvaI@mfick-lnx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <edb9c412-70c8-4fc6-04ab-417eca05ee15@gmail.com>
On Sunday, August 22, 2021 8:34:43 PM MDT Derrick Stolee wrote:
> On 8/20/2021 3:55 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > Technically, multi-pack-index doesn't need pack files to exist,
> > but add_packed_git() today checks whether it exists or not.
>
> Having a multi-pack-index is supposed to indicate that we have
> these objects in the objects/pack directory within the specified
> pack-files.
Hmm, isn't it a normal supported use case for repacking to potentially delete
packfiles which are in the MIDX (I'm specifically thinking about when someone
runs git gc with an older git version which knows nothing about MIDX files)?
-Martin
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-23 1:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-20 19:55 [RFC PATCH] multi-pack-index: allow operating without pack files Johannes Berg
2021-08-23 0:34 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-08-23 1:11 ` Martin Fick [this message]
2021-08-23 8:21 ` Johannes Berg
2021-08-23 4:05 ` Taylor Blau
2021-08-23 8:23 ` Johannes Berg
2021-08-23 9:22 ` Johannes Berg
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