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From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] git-repack: -b to pass --delta-base-offset
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On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> This new option makes the resulting pack express the delta base
> with more compact "offset" format.

Actually I thought about making it the default whenever git-pack-objects 
supported it, and use a negative option with git-repack to disable it 
instead.

The fact is that there is little reason for not using delta base offsets 
in most cases and specifying -b all the time would become more of an 
annoyance.

What do you think?


Nicolas