Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >>> + /* >>> + * The pack may be kept via the --keep-pack option; >>> + * check 'existing_kept_packs' to determine whether to >>> + * ignore it. >>> + */ > > OK. So there are two classes of packs we want to exclude from the > geometry repacking. Those that already have .pack_keep bit set, and > those that are _are_ newly making into kept packs that do not yet > have .pack_keep bit set. Makes sense. And with another topic in-flight combined, we have the third class that we would want to exclude here, i.e. the ones that are "cruft". (Noticed while rebuilding 'seen').