Re: kernel.org and GIT tree rebuilding

On Sunday 26 June 2005 16:52, Chris Mason wrote:

quoted

	git-rev-list --object end ^start > object-list

 - Pack that list of objects into an "object pack":

	git-pack-objects out < object-list

Without having read the code, the big thing that hurt performance in my
early packed file work was compressing the whole packed file instead of
individual sub-objects.  It takes more room to compress each object, but
when I compressed the whole thing read performance was quite bad.

Sorry, fat fingered the send key...

The hard links were the biggest problem with my packed file patches, I think 
the dynamic lookup in a separate packed file index is the best way to go.

-chris