Re: [patch/rfc] grafthistory: keep the downloaded pack, speed up git gc

Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <[email protected]> wrote Wed, Feb 27, 2008:
> Jonas Fonseca <[email protected]> writes:
> 
> >> +# Total size of .git/objects/pack/ was 90592 KiB without *.keep
> >> +# and 97397 KiB with *.keep.  So *.keep reduced gc time by 70-80%
> >> +# but increased disk space usage by 7.5%. 
> >
> > Maybe without this?
> 
> Why, is it too revealing?
> I thought a user might notice the *.keep file, check where it
> came from, and find those measurements.  Then make an informed
> decision not to delete the file.
> Or perhaps the numbers should go in the *.keep file itself?

It is just a suggestion; more information is not always better. You
already mention in the keep file that it is a good idea to keep this
file.

-- 
Jonas Fonseca