On Thu, 2006-09-14 at 17:23 -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: > 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. ;-) ] Thanks for the reminder. I actually logged into kernel.org already :) tglx - 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