2 messages, 2 authors, 2016-06-15 · open the first message on its own page
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:22
Martin Atukunda [off-list ref] writes:
This script does the opposite of git repack -a -d.
The script seems to do what it claims to, but now why would one need to use this? In other words what's the situation one would find this useful?
From: Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:42:22
On Sat, 2006-03-25 22:12:46 -0800, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:
Martin Atukunda [off-list ref] writes:quoted
This script does the opposite of git repack -a -d.The script seems to do what it claims to, but now why would one need to use this? In other words what's the situation one would find this useful?
It's possibly useful if you oftenly access old objects with git-cat-file or git-ls-tree. Not being a Perl hacker, a friend and I eg. started to hack GIT support into LXR. I've just posted some very early patches on the LXR mailing list (http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=1734). What would be even more interesting is to not unpack _all_ objects, but only those belonging to specifically mentioned commits or tags. I think LXR could make _good_ use of that. MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 _ O _ "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg _ _ O für einen Freien Staat voll Freier Bürger" | im Internet! | im Irak! O O O ret = do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TCPA));