On Thu, 14 Sep 2006, Linus Torvalds wrote: > For better packing, I think I used a larger depth, ie try something like > > git repack -a -f --depth=50 > > to get more improvement. For a historical archive that you don't much use, > doign the deeper depth is definitely worth it. Using a larger window helps too. It of course has a direct impact on the processing to perform a full repack, but it has no runtime costs when the pack is used. So I'd suggest adding --window=50 to the above. [ I made those suggestions in person to Thomas at OLS to which he replied he'd do it when he'd get back home. ;-) ] Nicolas - To unsubscribe from this list: 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