From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEEEF1F597 for ; Sat, 28 Jul 2018 09:00:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727456AbeG1K0d (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jul 2018 06:26:33 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:33998 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1726173AbeG1K0c (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 Jul 2018 06:26:32 -0400 Received: (qmail 8229 invoked by uid 109); 28 Jul 2018 09:00:46 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with SMTP; Sat, 28 Jul 2018 09:00:46 +0000 Authentication-Results: cloud.peff.net; auth=none Received: (qmail 1956 invoked by uid 111); 28 Jul 2018 09:00:47 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.94) with (ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) SMTP; Sat, 28 Jul 2018 05:00:47 -0400 Authentication-Results: peff.net; auth=none Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 28 Jul 2018 05:00:45 -0400 Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2018 05:00:45 -0400 From: Jeff King To: Stefan Beller Cc: Christian Couder , git , Junio C Hamano , Christian Couder Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 3/5] pack-objects: add delta-islands support Message-ID: <20180728090044.GA16454@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <20180722054836.28935-1-chriscool@tuxfamily.org> <20180722054836.28935-4-chriscool@tuxfamily.org> <20180724095843.GB3578@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20180727131333.GC18599@sigill.intra.peff.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 10:22:09AM -0700, Stefan Beller wrote: > > That would solve the problem that fetching torvalds/linux from GitHub > > yields a bigger pack than fetching it from kernel.org. But again, it's > > making that root fork weirdly magical. People who fetch solely from > > other forks won't get any benefit (and may even see worse packs). > > Thanks for the explanation. > I think this discussion just hints at me being dense reading the > documentation. After all I like the concept. I actually think it hints that the documentation in the commits themselves is not adequate. :) -Peff