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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: Keeping unreachable objects in a separate pack instead of loose?
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:43:41 +0200
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> We could close it in both cases by tweaking the mtime of the file
> containing the object when we decide not to write because the object
> already exists.

Though there is always the window between the existence check and the
mtime update where pruning can hit you.

Andreas.

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