Re: [PATCHv4 09/10] pack-objects: Estimate pack size; abort early if pack size limit is exceeded

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On Tuesday 24 May 2011, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Johan Herland <johan@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > I'm not really happy with excluding loose objects in the pack size
> > estimate. However, the size contributed by loose objects varies wildly
> > depending on whether a (good) delta is found. Therefore, any estimate
> > done at an early stage is bound to be wildly inaccurate. We could maybe
> > use some sort of absolute minimum size per object instead, but I
> > thought I should publish this version before spending more time futzing
> > with it...
> 
> As the initial approximation, I think this implementation is fine.
> Continuing my comments on 7/10, "pack_to_stdout && pack_size_limit" part
> may need to be replaced with "total_data_limit" or something, though.
> 
> After all it isn't fundamentally wrong to say "I don't want to pack more
> than 2GB in total" even when you are producing packs on your local disk
> without the --stdout option, no?

Agreed. Will fix in the next iteration.


Thanks for reviewing the series! It is very much appreciated.

...Johan

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