Re: Compression speed for large files

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Joachim B Haga <cjhaga <at> fys.uio.no> writes:
[...]
>   method                 time (s)  object size (kB)
>   Z_BEST_COMPRESSION     62.0      17136
>   Z_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION  10.4      16536
>   Z_BEST_SPEED            4.8      17071
> 
> In this case Z_BEST_COMPRESSION also compresses worse,
[...]

I personally find that very interesting, is this a known "issue" with zlib?
It suggests, that with different options, it's possible to create smaller
repositories, despite the 'advertised' (by zlib, not git) "best" compression.


Alex Riesen <raa.lkml <at> gmail.com> writes:
[...]
> Probably yes, as a per-repo config option.

The option probably should be the size for which to start using
"default" compression.


    Elrond


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