# Re: \[WIP v2 2/2\] pack-objects: support --blob-max-bytes

- From: Junio C Hamano \<hidden\>
- Date: 2017-06-03 23:48:45 
- List: git
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2017/06/7723830
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/git/2017/06/7723830/t.md

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Jeff King [ref] writes:

> I do also wonder if the two features would need to be separated for a
> GVFS-style solution. If you're not just avoiding large blobs but trying
> to get a narrow clone, you don't want the .git files from the
> uninteresting parts of the tree. You want to get no blobs at all, and
> then fault them in as they become relevant due to user action.

Thanks; I didn't think of this one while reviewing the overall design,
but I agree that this is something important to think about.
```