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From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: gitster@pobox.com, peff@peff.net
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] builtin/repack.c: reword comment around pack-objects flags
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2021 10:22:02 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <de4715c7c75e36c446782107f3194a3eedaffdde.1614957681.git.me@ttaylorr.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1614957681.git.me@ttaylorr.com>

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

The comment in this block is meant to indicate that passing '--all',
'--reflog', and so on aren't necessary when repacking with the
'--geometric' option.

But, it has two problems: first, it is factually incorrect ('--all' is
*not* incompatible with '--stdin-packs' as the comment suggests);
second, it is quite focused on the geometric case for a block that is
guarding against it.

Reword this comment to address both issues.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
---
 builtin/repack.c | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/builtin/repack.c b/builtin/repack.c
index 677c6b75c1..6ce2556c9e 100644
--- a/builtin/repack.c
+++ b/builtin/repack.c
@@ -545,12 +545,14 @@ int cmd_repack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	strvec_push(&cmd.args, "--non-empty");
 	if (!geometry) {
 		/*
-		 * 'git pack-objects' will up all objects loose or packed
-		 * (either rolling them up or leaving them alone), so don't pass
-		 * these options.
+		 * We need to grab all reachable objects, including those that
+		 * are reachable from reflogs and the index.
 		 *
-		 * The implementation of 'git pack-objects --stdin-packs'
-		 * makes them redundant (and the two are incompatible).
+		 * When repacking into a geometric progression of packs,
+		 * however, we ask 'git pack-objects --stdin-packs', and it is
+		 * not about packing objects based on reachability but about
+		 * repacking all the objects in specified packs and loose ones
+		 * (indeed, --stdin-packs is incompatible with these options).
 		 */
 		strvec_push(&cmd.args, "--all");
 		strvec_push(&cmd.args, "--reflog");
-- 
2.30.0.667.g81c0cbc6fd

      parent reply	other threads:[~2021-03-05 15:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-05 15:21 [PATCH 0/5] clean-ups to geometric repacking Taylor Blau
2021-03-05 15:21 ` [PATCH 1/5] builtin/repack.c: do not repack single packs with --geometric Taylor Blau
2021-03-05 19:15   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-05 19:27     ` Taylor Blau
2021-03-05 19:30       ` Taylor Blau
2021-03-05 15:21 ` [PATCH 2/5] t7703: test --geometric repack with loose objects Taylor Blau
2021-03-05 15:21 ` [PATCH 3/5] builtin/repack.c: assign pack split later Taylor Blau
2021-03-05 15:21 ` [PATCH 4/5] builtin/repack.c: be more conservative with unsigned overflows Taylor Blau
2021-03-05 19:32   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-03-05 19:41     ` Taylor Blau
2021-03-10 21:00   ` Jeff King
2021-03-05 15:22 ` Taylor Blau [this message]

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