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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff•net>
Cc: Jonathan Tan <jonathantanmy@google•com>, git@vger•kernel.org
Subject: Re: [WIP v2 2/2] pack-objects: support --blob-max-bytes
Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2017 08:48:38 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqinkcws2x.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170602222640.u6vni5tdpjp3sayt@sigill.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Fri, 2 Jun 2017 18:26:40 -0400")

Jeff King <peff@peff•net> writes:

> I do also wonder if the two features would need to be separated for a
> GVFS-style solution. If you're not just avoiding large blobs but trying
> to get a narrow clone, you don't want the .git files from the
> uninteresting parts of the tree. You want to get no blobs at all, and
> then fault them in as they become relevant due to user action.

Thanks; I didn't think of this one while reviewing the overall design,
but I agree that this is something important to think about.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-06-03 23:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-06-02  0:14 [WIP 0/2] Modifying pack-objects to support --blob-size-limit Jonathan Tan
2017-06-02  0:14 ` [WIP 1/2] pack-objects: rename want_.* to ignore_.* Jonathan Tan
2017-06-02  3:45   ` Junio C Hamano
2017-06-02  0:14 ` [WIP 2/2] pack-objects: support --blob-size-limit Jonathan Tan
2017-06-02  4:48   ` Junio C Hamano
2017-06-02 19:38 ` [WIP v2 0/2] Modifying pack objects to support --blob-max-bytes Jonathan Tan
2017-06-02 19:38   ` [WIP v2 1/2] pack-objects: rename want_.* to ignore_.* Jonathan Tan
2017-06-02 19:38   ` [WIP v2 2/2] pack-objects: support --blob-max-bytes Jonathan Tan
2017-06-02 22:26     ` Jeff King
2017-06-02 23:25       ` Jonathan Nieder
2017-06-07  9:44         ` Jeff King
2017-06-03 23:48       ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2017-06-15 20:28       ` Jeff Hostetler
2017-06-15 21:03         ` Jonathan Tan
2017-06-02 22:16   ` [WIP v2 0/2] Modifying pack objects to " Jeff King
2017-06-05 17:35     ` Jonathan Tan
2017-06-07  9:46       ` Jeff King

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