2 messages, 2 authors, 2016-06-15 · open the first message on its own page
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:45:36
Nicolas Pitre [off-list ref] writes:
Right. Those thin packs were designed for different versions of the same file in mind, not different files with almost the same content. This could possibly be improved at some point...
Wouldn't using a large --window help by going across name-hash boundaries?
From: Nicolas Pitre <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:45:36
On Mon, 3 Nov 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
Nicolas Pitre [off-list ref] writes:quoted
Right. Those thin packs were designed for different versions of the same file in mind, not different files with almost the same content. This could possibly be improved at some point...Wouldn't using a large --window help by going across name-hash boundaries?
The issue is to decide what preferred delta base to add to the list of objects. Currently only objects with the same path as those being modified are considered. Nicolas