On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Not sure if it's related to representation types, but is there any way >> (perhaps FLAT_BLOB type?) we can mark an object uncompressed, so we >> can mmap() and access it directly? > > In pack? Loose? Both? > > What kind of payload and use case do you have in mind? Hmm.. big files in general with partial file transfer (e.g. git torrent). But if CAT_TREE is properly used, then all blob pieces should be reasonably small and decompress time should not be a problem. I think we won't need this. Sorry for the noise. -- Duy -- 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