Martin Fick <mfick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > One suggestion would be to change the repack code to create > pack filenames based on the sha1 of the contents of the pack > file instead of on the sha1 of the objects in the packfile. > ... > I am not 100% sure if the change in naming convention I > propose wouldn't cause any problems? But if others agree it > is a good idea, perhaps it is something a beginner could do? I would not be surprised if that change breaks some other people's reimplementation. I know we do not validate the pack name with the hash of the contents in the current code, but at the same time I do remember that was one of the planned things to be done while I and Linus were working on the original pack design, which was the last task we did together before he retired from the maintainership of this project. -- 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