From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: [PATCH] Do not run git-pack-refs by default for now from git-gc Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:03:32 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <7v7ium1k7s.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <7vzm7iz8uv.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, git@vger.kernel.org To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Feb 13 11:03:52 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HGuVp-0005qr-1v for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Tue, 13 Feb 2007 11:03:49 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751234AbXBMKDj (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:03:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751237AbXBMKDi (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:03:38 -0500 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:57032 "HELO mail.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751234AbXBMKDi (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:03:38 -0500 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 13 Feb 2007 10:03:36 -0000 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/KMMovN/PKvIKoA8ms79vi3BG+038lyyh/pCCx6G nojg== X-X-Sender: gene099@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de In-Reply-To: <7vzm7iz8uv.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi, On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Just to be on the safe side, let's not run pack-refs from git-gc > without an explicit "[gc] packrefs = true" configuration. It seems to me that the reason are dumb transports, which are very likely to run only from bare repositories. How about checking for a bare repository explicitely, and only if it _is_ bare, check for gc.packrefs, too? Packed refs _do_ have a tremendous advantage (when you have a lot of tags, like many CVS switchers). Ciao, Dscho