Re: [PATCH] git-repack: generational repacking (and example hook script)

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

On Wed, 4 Jul 2007, Sam Vilain wrote:

> Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> >> 1. Do you agree that some users would want their git repositories to be
> >> "maintenance free"?
> >
> > I'm not so sure.
> 
> Well, no offence, but I think you should withhold from voicing a
> fundamental concern as this, because you're not one of its target users.

Let's put it this way. A lot of car drivers would probably agree that it 
is a Good Thing (tm) if their car automatically went to get gas, before it 
ran out of it. Less hassle, right?

Yes, except if your car decides to get gas when you are already late, 
speeding, trying to catch your plane.

Same holds for Git. Is is worth the hassle having to wait for this 
automatic git-gc when your boss is waiting impatiently for you to show 
some results?

Now, you seem to argue that the cost of a single git-gc should be 
decreased. But I maintain that the _usefulness_ of git-gc is decreased 
that way, too.

In all of my projects, the most efficient setup is one big pack. That is 
why I set up some cronjobs on the machines that run 24/7, and that is why 
I run "git-gc --prune" when idling, on almost all my repos.

Ciao,
Dscho