From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nicolas Pitre Subject: Re: git-repack made my pack 317x larger... Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:39:19 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: References: <20070615085057.5706.qmail@science.horizon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: linux@horizon.com X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Jun 15 15:39:24 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HzC1M-0008Bo-3n for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:39:24 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754747AbXFONjW (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:39:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754666AbXFONjW (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:39:22 -0400 Received: from relais.videotron.ca ([24.201.245.36]:36751 "EHLO relais.videotron.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754492AbXFONjV (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:39:21 -0400 Received: from xanadu.home ([74.56.106.175]) by VL-MO-MR004.ip.videotron.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-2.05 (built Apr 28 2005)) with ESMTP id <0JJO0080AJ9J8RD0@VL-MO-MR004.ip.videotron.ca> for git@vger.kernel.org; Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:39:19 -0400 (EDT) In-reply-to: <20070615085057.5706.qmail@science.horizon.com> X-X-Sender: nico@xanadu.home Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, linux@horizon.com wrote: > > ~/tmp$ git clone --reference /usr/src/linux -n hwmon-2.6.old hwmon-2.6 > > Initialized empty Git repository in /home/linux/tmp/hwmon-2.6/.git/ > > remote: Generating pack... > > remote: Done counting 124 objects. > > remote: Deltifying 124 objects... > > remote: 100% (124/124) done > > Indexing 124 objects... > > remote: Total 124 (delta 83), reused 97 (delta 75) > > 100% (124/124) done > > Resolving 83 deltas... > > 100% (83/83) done > > ~/tmp$ rm -rf hwmon-2.6.olf > > ~/tmp$ cd hwmon-2.6 > > ~/tmp/hwmon-2.6$ ls -l .git/objects/pack/ > > total 168 > > -r--r--r-- 1 linux users 4040 Jun 15 03:44 pack-e4de475aa6c82099b4a4a8f6f410dcc316c7cf19.idx > > -r--r--r-- 1 linux users 161548 Jun 15 03:44 pack-e4de475aa6c82099b4a4a8f6f410dcc316c7cf19.pack > > Much better! But since that's only a few objects, let's repack them even tighter... > > > ~/tmp/hwmon-2.6$ git-repack -a -d -f --window=50 > > Generating pack... > > Done counting 18090 objects. > > Deltifying 18090 objects... > > 100% (18090/18090) done > > Writing 18090 objects... > > 100% (18090/18090) done > > Total 18090 (delta 2465), reused 7876 (delta 0) > > Pack pack-1af4ab6620f71733f17b16d69a89b6741e2c7fe3 created. > > Removing unused objects 100%... > > Done. > > ~/tmp/hwmon-2.6$ ls -l .git/objects/pack/ > > total 50620 > > -r--r--r-- 1 linux users 435224 Jun 15 04:00 pack-1af4ab6620f71733f17b16d69a89b6741e2c7fe3.idx > > -r--r--r-- 1 linux users 51333891 Jun 15 04:00 pack-1af4ab6620f71733f17b16d69a89b6741e2c7fe3.pack > > Uh... what happened? It's not a full kernel clone, but it's a lot more > objects than I expected. Where did all the extra objects come from? Maybe you want to add -l as well to your git-repack invocation. Nicolas