> On 19 May 2016, at 19:03, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> From my point of view little packs are no problem. I run fast-import on >> a dedicated migration machine. After fast-import completion I run repack [1] >> before I upload the repo to its final location. > > How do you determine that many little packs are not a problem to > you, though? Until they get repacked, they are where the > fast-import will get existing objects from. The more little packs > you accumulate as you go, the more slow fast-import's access to them > has to become. True. But my particular use case is a one time operation for a given repository. Therefore I don't care how long it takes. The only important aspect is that the result is correct. That being said, Peff's proposed fix looks correct to me but since I am no fast-import expert my opinion doesn't count too much. - Lars -- 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