From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com (pb-smtp21.pobox.com [173.228.157.53]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0C24571B53 for ; Tue, 26 Mar 2024 20:46:04 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=173.228.157.53 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1711485967; cv=none; b=eJ2oomxfYy86uo4P3YslaMl5WuQnf2sb8BBk240Pum8tT5F0GUVVrAj621olPZieliPVGigD64tFOaXIAQcZyO03OIXt/DQ3xDQUDc4GFsvDNfzdtGJYDBFKMf6w2ytvBjHUBBb+Z14mc9/nF1Rb5iPIsiBzQ96/f/TuLArbDkY= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1711485967; c=relaxed/simple; bh=vIT9RYY4SWPG7fAvWf5LM2XnrizHtVqlAjbqnP7kVRE=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=Cjw8F539CJSk7mo18K4dM0wGYIAn0R2B7Ks773v0zS8De00Lp08f9Gdhb5A3qpXQvcZfFLOV06G4TcpIWsuFusuCGQX6i3DK6/5uYjNt9a0GSOQbVT8S+wiTL76yd7fULSjsTLhjuueYWqiWJGX8EIMpUBOmvyN25T40N2+jF1c= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b=xxykDoSF; arc=none smtp.client-ip=173.228.157.53 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="xxykDoSF" Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 521A52FC7C; Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:46:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=vIT9RYY4SWPG7fAvWf5LM2XnrizHtVqlAjbqnP 7kVRE=; b=xxykDoSFPOp1hxrVvRd7Kx77qQtNTG7TF5bLLB0nAFgBT6bYwE4j6H 56VJaBljE0fVIIwCmvrwj0b7znqYAa8NGdfj65KkcSl/MI/OhmADmlbQMMqaMUcn hK257xlzRRXrcT1ARR3FhJgqlCVUeqpEy/h/dnoDPJz9yBaUBhsNk= Received: from pb-smtp21.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BDE22FC7B; Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:46:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.125.139.61]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C70562FC78; Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:46:00 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Taylor Blau Cc: Jeff King , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Mar 2024, #08; Tue, 26) In-Reply-To: (Taylor Blau's message of "Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:30:32 -0400") References: Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2024 13:45:59 -0700 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: DAD6B574-EBB1-11EE-9E2A-A19503B9AAD1-77302942!pb-smtp21.pobox.com Taylor Blau writes: >> The pack-bitmap machinery has been extended to write bitmaps for >> pseudo-merges, which are imaginary commits which act as octopus >> merges covering groups of the un-bitmapped parts of history at >> reference tips. This is good for ... what ...? > > Instead of "this is good for ... what ...", let me know what you think > of: > > This allows for greater bitmap coverage (and, thus, performance when > using bitmaps) of repositories with many references which ordinarily > would not receive full coverage. Much better than "god for ... what ..." ;-) Now if it gets summarized in 2-5 lines, we have something we can use. Thanks.