Martin Langhoff wrote: > On 6/7/07, Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> Run git-repack without -a from some hook. You can even launch it in the >> background. > > I posted an RFC patch a while ago doing exactly that, and Linus shot > it down, indicating we should instead print a message suggesting > repack to the user. > > Relevant thread around > http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au/archives/git/0606/22977.html > >> Or what am I missing? > > I don't think people were comfortable at the time with concurrent > repacks -- though the semantics are safe if we don't hit any bug. My > guess is that noone wants to risk the .001% chances of data corruption > for this nice-to-have. Ok. But if repack is generational you probably don't mind waiting for it on commit so don't need to background it. Sam. - 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
