From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jakub Narebski Subject: Re: [PATCH] provide advance warning of some future pack default changes Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:45:23 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <7vk5nwu51x.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <7vsl2jh3rb.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org To: Nicolas Pitre X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Dec 14 13:45:59 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J39vL-00067k-5b for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:45:51 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752344AbXLNMp2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:45:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1763398AbXLNMp2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:45:28 -0500 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.184]:34759 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751671AbXLNMp1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:45:27 -0500 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id g13so912910nfb.21 for ; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:45:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:received:received:x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:from:date; bh=kVMBReQ4f3NQP5EOnOwQxtgYGnDH9zqejL+BP+//YvU=; b=un03k1qIsiPgsBuM56TlZEg5ob6fyBu7rg5cp4uV3jB3GTlYL6bB1tG79HkXV9ybzCB5Z9Ifp7kBRIbc3rneDSyTY2yxy4313o4uL3em0VTsfeeKWq/27N3Xsl4hUmBgKLAuPNxIvJOzYL7drFquTtBm/xE5niqtlD5rZzMH+V8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=x-authentication-warning:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:message-id:lines:user-agent:mime-version:content-type:from:date; b=LV8vA3453AcoCtkQNWRW39KMeMXi4mFkhdBVuEx7MmOV7CrwrHN9Lb0tZyeeRXfC5SUhtyehzzI+EaRe8rS2+mfGy1cmT9HGOSqrgOFHJTaNMPeh247hbbmUUkLSt32cPnrpz0FgDIYKPqtG4fYw9714o2efQleg5cRsXy5e9YM= Received: by 10.82.145.7 with SMTP id s7mr8776862bud.6.1197636325303; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:45:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from roke.D-201 ( [83.8.245.165]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id v23sm12249638fkd.2007.12.14.04.45.22 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:45:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from roke (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by roke.D-201 (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id lBECjFxm004788; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:45:19 +0100 Received: (from jnareb@localhost) by roke (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id lBECjEsJ004785; Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:45:14 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: roke: jnareb set sender to jnareb@fuw.edu.pl using -f In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Nicolas Pitre writes: > + * From v1.5.5, the repack.usedeltabaseoffset config option will default > + to true, which will give denser packfile (i.e. more efficient storage). > + The downside is that git older than version 1.4.4 will not be able > + to directly use a repository packed using this setting. > + > + * From v1.5.5, the pack.indexversion config option will default to 2, > + which is slightly more efficient, and makes repacking more immune to > + data corruptions. Git older than version 1.5.2 may revert to version 1 > + of the pack index with a manual "git index-pack" to be able to directly > + access corresponding pack files. Which means what? Local clone with shortcut (hardlinking and remotes)? Dumb protocols (http, ftp, rsync)? -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git