I'm using .keep files to... well.. keep packs to avoid some CPU time spent on repacking huge packs and make the process somewhat more incremental. Something changed with 22.2.0. Now .bitmap files are also created, and no simple repacks re-create the pack data in a completely new file, wasting quite some storage: 02d03::master> find objects/pack/pack* -type f|xargs ls -sht 108K objects/pack/pack-879f2c28d15e57d353eb8e0ddbcb540655c844c9.bitmap 524K objects/pack/pack-879f2c28d15e57d353eb8e0ddbcb540655c844c9.idx 4.7M objects/pack/pack-879f2c28d15e57d353eb8e0ddbcb540655c844c9.pack 108K objects/pack/pack-e7a7aebfc6dc6b1431f6f56bb8b2f7e730cc4a0c.bitmap 524K objects/pack/pack-e7a7aebfc6dc6b1431f6f56bb8b2f7e730cc4a0c.idx 4.6M objects/pack/pack-e7a7aebfc6dc6b1431f6f56bb8b2f7e730cc4a0c.pack 116K objects/pack/pack-994c76cb1999e3b29552677d05e6364e6be2ae5e.bitmap 524K objects/pack/pack-994c76cb1999e3b29552677d05e6364e6be2ae5e.idx 4.6M objects/pack/pack-994c76cb1999e3b29552677d05e6364e6be2ae5e.pack 0 objects/pack/pack-e5b8848e7c1096274dba2430323ccaf5320c6846.keep 108K objects/pack/pack-e5b8848e7c1096274dba2430323ccaf5320c6846.bitmap 524K objects/pack/pack-e5b8848e7c1096274dba2430323ccaf5320c6846.idx 4.6M objects/pack/pack-e5b8848e7c1096274dba2430323ccaf5320c6846.pack 02d03::master > git repack -af Enumerating objects: 19001, done. Counting objects: 100% (19001/19001), done. Delta compression using up to 2 threads Compressing objects: 100% (18952/18952), done. Writing objects: 100% (19001/19001), done. warning: ignoring extra bitmap file: ./objects/pack/pack-e7a7aebfc6dc6b1431f6f56bb8b2f7e730cc4a0c.pack warning: ignoring extra bitmap file: ./objects/pack/pack-994c76cb1999e3b29552677d05e6364e6be2ae5e.pack warning: ignoring extra bitmap file: ./objects/pack/pack-e5b8848e7c1096274dba2430323ccaf5320c6846.pack Reusing bitmaps: 104, done. Selecting bitmap commits: 2550, done. Building bitmaps: 100% (130/130), done. Total 19001 (delta 14837), reused 4162 (delta 0) 02d03::master > find objects/pack/pack* -type f|xargs ls -sht 108K objects/pack/pack-8702a2550b7e29940af8bc62bc6fca011ccbd455.bitmap 524K objects/pack/pack-8702a2550b7e29940af8bc62bc6fca011ccbd455.idx 4.6M objects/pack/pack-8702a2550b7e29940af8bc62bc6fca011ccbd455.pack <= ???? 108K objects/pack/pack-879f2c28d15e57d353eb8e0ddbcb540655c844c9.bitmap 524K objects/pack/pack-879f2c28d15e57d353eb8e0ddbcb540655c844c9.idx 4.7M objects/pack/pack-879f2c28d15e57d353eb8e0ddbcb540655c844c9.pack 108K objects/pack/pack-e7a7aebfc6dc6b1431f6f56bb8b2f7e730cc4a0c.bitmap 524K objects/pack/pack-e7a7aebfc6dc6b1431f6f56bb8b2f7e730cc4a0c.idx 4.6M objects/pack/pack-e7a7aebfc6dc6b1431f6f56bb8b2f7e730cc4a0c.pack 116K objects/pack/pack-994c76cb1999e3b29552677d05e6364e6be2ae5e.bitmap 524K objects/pack/pack-994c76cb1999e3b29552677d05e6364e6be2ae5e.idx 4.6M objects/pack/pack-994c76cb1999e3b29552677d05e6364e6be2ae5e.pack 0 objects/pack/pack-e5b8848e7c1096274dba2430323ccaf5320c6846.keep 108K objects/pack/pack-e5b8848e7c1096274dba2430323ccaf5320c6846.bitmap 524K objects/pack/pack-e5b8848e7c1096274dba2430323ccaf5320c6846.idx 4.6M objects/pack/pack-e5b8848e7c1096274dba2430323ccaf5320c6846.pack The ccbd455 pack and its metadata seem quite pointless to be containing apparently all the data based on the size. If I use -ad, a new pack is still created,which, judging by the size, is essentially everything again, (but at least the extra packs are removed) 02d03::master> git repack -ad Enumerating objects: 19001, done. Counting objects: 100% (19001/19001), done. Delta compression using up to 2 threads Compressing objects: 100% (4114/4114), done. Writing objects: 100% (19001/19001), done. warning: ignoring extra bitmap file: ./objects/pack/pack-e5b8848e7c1096274dba2430323ccaf5320c6846.pack Reusing bitmaps: 104, done. Selecting bitmap commits: 2550, done. Building bitmaps: 100% (130/130), done. Total 19001 (delta 14838), reused 19001 (delta 14838) 02d03::master 9060> find objects/pack/pack* -type f|xargs ls -sht 116K objects/pack/pack-46ab64716d4220aac8d53b380d90a264d5293d3d.bitmap 524K objects/pack/pack-46ab64716d4220aac8d53b380d90a264d5293d3d.idx 4.6M objects/pack/pack-46ab64716d4220aac8d53b380d90a264d5293d3d.pack <= ???? 0 objects/pack/pack-e5b8848e7c1096274dba2430323ccaf5320c6846.keep 108K objects/pack/pack-e5b8848e7c1096274dba2430323ccaf5320c6846.bitmap 524K objects/pack/pack-e5b8848e7c1096274dba2430323ccaf5320c6846.idx 4.6M objects/pack/pack-e5b8848e7c1096274dba2430323ccaf5320c6846.pack Previously, the kept pack would be kept, and no additional packs would be created if no new objects were born in the repro. With the .keep placeholder removed, the duplication does not happen, but all the repro is rewritten into a new pack, which does not look correct. Am I doing something unexpected?
