From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, dstolee@microsoft.com, gitster@pobox.com,
jrnieder@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 06/10] Documentation/config/pack.txt: advertise 'pack.writeReverseIndex'
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2021 03:41:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YBUbu67CdryFdTXK@coredump.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YBNiNAVhlRpNKzr+@nand.local>
On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 08:17:40PM -0500, Taylor Blau wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 07:30:56PM -0500, Jeff King wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 06:37:34PM -0500, Taylor Blau wrote:
> >
> > > +pack.writeReverseIndex::
> > > + When true, git will write a corresponding .rev file (see:
> > > + link:../technical/pack-format.html[Documentation/technical/pack-format.txt])
> > > + for each new packfile that it writes in all places except for
> > > + linkgit:git-fast-import[1] and in the bulk checkin mechanism.
> > > + Defaults to false.
> >
> > We may want to teach fast-import about this, too, but I think it's OK to
> > draw the line here for now (it's already reasonably well known that the
> > generated packs aren't amazing and benefit from repacking).
>
> Maybe this was worth explaining in the documentation, but this choice
> was intentional. I'm not aware of any use-case that keeps the packs
> generated by fast-import around for very long (i.e., I'd expect any 'git
> fast-import' to be pretty quickly followed by a 'git repack -ad'), so I
> don't think we'd want to spend time generating a reverse index for a
> pack structure that we're about to immediately discard.
One case where I imagine they are kept is in remote-helpers that use the
import/export mechanism (e.g., something interacting with remote-hg). I
suspect people there just live with the somewhat lousy packs, and then
perhaps occasionally "git repack -adf". That would give them .rev files
then, too.
But as I said, I think it's OK to ignore this for now. If somebody with
an interest in fast-import wants to add support later, they can.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-30 9:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 82+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-08 18:19 [PATCH 0/8] pack-revindex: introduce on-disk '.rev' format Taylor Blau
2021-01-08 18:19 ` [PATCH 1/8] packfile: prepare for the existence of '*.rev' files Taylor Blau
2021-01-08 18:20 ` [PATCH 2/8] pack-write.c: prepare to write 'pack-*.rev' files Taylor Blau
2021-01-08 18:20 ` [PATCH 3/8] builtin/index-pack.c: write reverse indexes Taylor Blau
2021-01-08 18:20 ` [PATCH 4/8] builtin/pack-objects.c: respect 'pack.writeReverseIndex' Taylor Blau
2021-01-08 18:20 ` [PATCH 5/8] Documentation/config/pack.txt: advertise 'pack.writeReverseIndex' Taylor Blau
2021-01-08 18:20 ` [PATCH 6/8] t: prepare for GIT_TEST_WRITE_REV_INDEX Taylor Blau
2021-01-12 17:11 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-01-12 18:40 ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-08 18:20 ` [PATCH 7/8] t: support GIT_TEST_WRITE_REV_INDEX Taylor Blau
2021-01-12 16:49 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-01-12 17:34 ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-12 17:18 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-01-12 17:39 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-01-12 18:17 ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-08 18:20 ` [PATCH 8/8] pack-revindex: ensure that on-disk reverse indexes are given precedence Taylor Blau
2021-01-13 22:28 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] pack-revindex: introduce on-disk '.rev' format Taylor Blau
2021-01-13 22:28 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] packfile: prepare for the existence of '*.rev' files Taylor Blau
2021-01-14 7:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-14 12:07 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-01-14 19:57 ` Jeff King
2021-01-14 18:28 ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-14 7:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-14 18:13 ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-14 20:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-22 22:54 ` Jeff King
2021-01-25 17:44 ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-25 18:27 ` Jeff King
2021-01-25 19:04 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-25 19:23 ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-13 22:28 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] pack-write.c: prepare to write 'pack-*.rev' files Taylor Blau
2021-01-22 23:24 ` Jeff King
2021-01-25 19:15 ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-26 21:43 ` Jeff King
2021-01-13 22:28 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] builtin/index-pack.c: write reverse indexes Taylor Blau
2021-01-22 23:53 ` Jeff King
2021-01-25 20:03 ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-13 22:28 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] builtin/pack-objects.c: respect 'pack.writeReverseIndex' Taylor Blau
2021-01-22 23:57 ` Jeff King
2021-01-23 0:08 ` Jeff King
2021-01-25 20:21 ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-25 20:50 ` Jeff King
2021-01-13 22:28 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] Documentation/config/pack.txt: advertise 'pack.writeReverseIndex' Taylor Blau
2021-01-13 22:28 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] t: prepare for GIT_TEST_WRITE_REV_INDEX Taylor Blau
2021-01-13 22:28 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] t: support GIT_TEST_WRITE_REV_INDEX Taylor Blau
2021-01-13 22:28 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] pack-revindex: ensure that on-disk reverse indexes are given precedence Taylor Blau
2021-01-25 23:37 ` [PATCH v3 00/10] pack-revindex: introduce on-disk '.rev' format Taylor Blau
2021-01-25 23:37 ` [PATCH v3 01/10] packfile: prepare for the existence of '*.rev' files Taylor Blau
2021-01-29 0:27 ` Jeff King
2021-01-29 1:14 ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-30 8:39 ` Jeff King
2021-01-25 23:37 ` [PATCH v3 02/10] pack-write.c: prepare to write 'pack-*.rev' files Taylor Blau
2021-01-25 23:37 ` [PATCH v3 03/10] builtin/index-pack.c: allow stripping arbitrary extensions Taylor Blau
2021-01-29 0:28 ` Jeff King
2021-01-29 1:15 ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-25 23:37 ` [PATCH v3 04/10] builtin/index-pack.c: write reverse indexes Taylor Blau
2021-01-25 23:37 ` [PATCH v3 05/10] builtin/pack-objects.c: respect 'pack.writeReverseIndex' Taylor Blau
2021-01-25 23:37 ` [PATCH v3 06/10] Documentation/config/pack.txt: advertise 'pack.writeReverseIndex' Taylor Blau
2021-01-29 0:30 ` Jeff King
2021-01-29 1:17 ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-30 8:41 ` Jeff King [this message]
2021-01-25 23:37 ` [PATCH v3 07/10] t: prepare for GIT_TEST_WRITE_REV_INDEX Taylor Blau
2021-01-29 0:45 ` Jeff King
2021-01-29 1:09 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-01-29 1:21 ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-30 8:43 ` Jeff King
2021-01-29 2:42 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-01-25 23:37 ` [PATCH v3 08/10] t: support GIT_TEST_WRITE_REV_INDEX Taylor Blau
2021-01-29 0:47 ` Jeff King
2021-01-25 23:37 ` [PATCH v3 09/10] pack-revindex: ensure that on-disk reverse indexes are given precedence Taylor Blau
2021-01-29 0:53 ` Jeff King
2021-01-29 1:25 ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-30 8:46 ` Jeff King
2021-01-25 23:37 ` [PATCH v3 10/10] t5325: check both on-disk and in-memory reverse index Taylor Blau
2021-01-29 1:04 ` Jeff King
2021-01-29 1:05 ` Jeff King
2021-01-29 1:32 ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-30 8:47 ` Jeff King
2021-01-26 2:36 ` [PATCH v3 00/10] pack-revindex: introduce on-disk '.rev' format Junio C Hamano
2021-01-26 2:49 ` Taylor Blau
2021-01-29 1:06 ` Jeff King
2021-01-29 1:34 ` Taylor Blau
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