Douglas Cox <ziflin@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> This may or may not be related to the symptom >> you are observing (if it is, then you would see a packfile created >> in objects/pack/, not in loose objects in object/??/ directories). > > No, the file is loose (it's in .git/objects/eb in this case). This is > seen immediately after the add, though I believe it's the same way > when doing a commit on a changed file. Then I do not have a guess as to where the symptom you are seeing is coming from.