Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx> writes: > On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 02:00:16AM -0700, karthik nayak wrote: >> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx> writes: >> >> > The `--auto` flag for git-pack-refs(1) allows the ref backend to decide >> > whether or not a repack is in order. This switch has been introduced >> > mostly with the "reftable" backend in mind, which already knows to >> > auto-compact its tables during normal operations. When the flag is set, >> > then it will use the same auto-compaction mechanism and thus end up >> > doing nothing in most cases. >> > >> > The "files" backend does not have any such heuristic yet and instead >> >> Nit: s/instead/will instead/ >> >> > packs any loose references unconditionally. So we rewrite the complete >> > "packed-refs" file even if there's only a single loose reference to be >> > packed. > > Revisiting this: isn't the current version of this sentence correct? > Replacing it with "will instead" certainly makes it incorrect without > also changing "packs" to "pack". > > Patrick You're right, I did missread.
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