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 - : 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