Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (May 2026, #04)

From: Taylor Blau <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2026 12:26:13 -0400

On Mon, May 18, 2026 at 10:32:01AM +0900, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> * tb/incremental-midx-part-3.3 (2026-04-29) 16 commits
>  - repack: allow `--write-midx=incremental` without `--geometric`
>  - repack: introduce `--write-midx=incremental`
>  - repack: implement incremental MIDX repacking
>  - packfile: ensure `close_pack_revindex()` frees in-memory revindex
>  - builtin/repack.c: convert `--write-midx` to an `OPT_CALLBACK`
>  - repack-geometry: prepare for incremental MIDX repacking
>  - repack-midx: extract `repack_fill_midx_stdin_packs()`
>  - repack-midx: factor out `repack_prepare_midx_command()`
>  - midx: expose `midx_layer_contains_pack()`
>  - repack: track the ODB source via existing_packs
>  - midx: support custom `--base` for incremental MIDX writes
>  - midx: introduce `--no-write-chain-file` for incremental MIDX writes
>  - midx: use `strvec` for `keep_hashes`
>  - midx: build `keep_hashes` array in order
>  - midx: use `strset` for retained MIDX files
>  - midx-write: handle noop writes when converting incremental chains
>
>  The repacking code has been refactored and compaction of MIDX layers
>  have been implemented, and incremental strategy that does not require
>  all-into-one repacking has been introduced.
>
>  Waiting for response(s) to review comment(s).
>  cf. <[email-masked]>
>  cf. <[email-masked]>
>  source: <[email-masked]>

Apologies, I didn't realize you were waiting on these until seeing this
WC report. I sent an extremely tiny reroll

    https://lore.kernel.org/git/[email-masked]/

that addresses the two outstanding comments you linked. They are very
minor changes, and queueing either version of the series would be
equally fine IMHO.

Thanks,
Taylor