Re: git-pull followed by git-gc often yields *much* bigger pack than git-pull alone

On 12 Dec 2007, linux@horizon.com verbalised:

Pre-gc:

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-r--r--r-- 1 compiler hackers   12080 2007-12-12 20:35 pack-f534c957f3ee7f3f1046dee0081fcc315d9698bb.idx
-r--r--r-- 1 compiler hackers  678643 2007-12-12 20:35 pack-f534c957f3ee7f3f1046dee0081fcc315d9698bb.pack

Post-gc:

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-r--r--r-- 1 compiler hackers   20912 2007-12-12 20:36 pack-5145ce9770077cee99795fc21cfcc6ea30eb6d47.idx
-r--r--r-- 1 compiler hackers 1144055 2007-12-12 20:36 pack-5145ce9770077cee99795fc21cfcc6ea30eb6d47.pack

The fact that the index file has grown so much indicates that it's sucking in a bunch of
extra objects from the .keep pack, and you're seeing the duplication.

I thought it had to be doing that (hence the increase in object counts
given by the git-gc runs), but wasn't sure if this behaviour was
intentional.

I'm not sure how that's happening, though.  I thought the --local flag to git-pack-objects told
it not to do that.

This isn't true if alternates are in use, but this repo is alternate-free.

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