Re: [PATCH 2/2] Teach "delta" attribute to pack-objects.

On 5/19/07, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

This teaches pack-objects to use .gitattributes mechanism so
that the user can specify certain blobs are not worth spending
CPU cycles to attempt deltification.

The name of the attrbute is "delta", and when it is set to
false, like this:

        == .gitattributes ==
        *.jpg   -delta

they are always stored in the plain-compressed base object
representation.

And we could also have an attribute "repack" :
    == .gitattributes ==
    *.wmv    -repack
which would result in *.wmv files [enormous] not being packed.
Since add_object_entry() now gets the name and
can reject objects (e.g. currently on their current packing status),
a call to "no_pack" which mirrors your new "no_try_delta"
could be inserted there.  But such an attribute should be
ignored when --stdout is in effect -- it only affects on-disk
repacking, not packing for transfers, which is why it's named "repack".

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