Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I do use it, but for developing/debugging pack stuff. I don't suggest > removing it, but I don't think making it a built-in has value either. I thought people _might_ have used it for satistics purposes, but it appears that the command doesn't even give in-pack size of objects nor delta chain length, so probably anybody doing pack statistics would be using "verify-pack -v" and wouldn't mind if it became test-show-index. > So I really think that Linus' patch (which is missing hex.c btw) is a > good thing to do, even if only for the cleanup value. > > Then, git-show-index could probably become test-show-index and no longer > leave the build directory. Yeah, I think that is a sensible long term plan, too. -- 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