On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 05:07:35PM -0500, Taylor Blau wrote: > diff --git a/pack-bitmap.c b/pack-bitmap.c > index c2c824347a6..1dddb242434 100644 > --- a/pack-bitmap.c > +++ b/pack-bitmap.c > @@ -2347,14 +2348,18 @@ void reuse_partial_packfile_from_bitmap(struct bitmap_index *bitmap_git, > uint32_t pack_int_id; > > if (bitmap_is_midx(bitmap_git)) { > + struct multi_pack_index *m = bitmap_git->midx; > uint32_t preferred_pack_pos; > > - if (midx_preferred_pack(bitmap_git->midx, &preferred_pack_pos) < 0) { > + while (m->base_midx) > + m = m->base_midx; > + > + if (midx_preferred_pack(m, &preferred_pack_pos) < 0) { > warning(_("unable to compute preferred pack, disabling pack-reuse")); > return; > } Instead of completely disabling preferred packs, should we maybe fall back to the preferred pack of the next-higher layer? Patrick