Hello Christian.
On 13.12.2020 11:10, Christian Couder wrote:
Hi,
On Fri, Dec 11, 2020 at 3:07 PM Miłosz Kosobucki <mikom3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have been playing a bit with partial clone (see
https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAP8UFD35kk10FpUnPpiAUzTHJbm=SJ-76OTmkTwBstGFe3Zgdw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/),
and I started working on `git repack` and the underlying `git
pack-objects`, so that `git repack -a -d --filter=...` could work. I
cannot promise anything about when it will be submitted, merged,
released, etc.
Also I have been working on it on the server side though, where it's
ok to get rid of everything that is stored elsewhere. It might not be
your case, but on the client side one might want to keep the (large)
blobs that can be reached directly from the tip of some branches,
which might require further work.
I couldn't find information about it anywhere in the docs. I vaguely
remember a mention of something like that possibly being done in the
future in partial clone (or maybe promisor remote?) patch mails but I
couldn't find it again.
Best,
Christian.
Thank you very much for this detailed information, and thanks for all
the great work you and the git community are doing.
Best,
--
Miłosz Kosobucki
