Here's a random idea, how about a tool that turns a real pack into one that is segmented and then faults in segments if you do an operation that needs the old segments? The full pack would always look like it is there even if it isn't. Something like gitk would be modified not to fault in the missing segments. -- Jon Smirl jonsmirl@xxxxxxxxx - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html