Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, Shawn O. Pearce wrote: > > The only other alternative I can come up with is to change pack-objects > > (or at least its defaults) so we don't generate these massive delta > > chains. But there are already packs in the wild that use these chains, > > resulting in performance problems for clients. > > But the long chains make the pack actually as efficient as it is... Perhaps Shawn thought here about limiting delta chain not by its *length*, but by its *size* (as required when unpacking last object in a delta chanin). What do you think about this idea? -- Jakub Narebski Poland ShadeHawk on #git -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
