On 1/8/07, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> wrote:
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> On Sun, 7 Jan 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > Yes but what about existing trees?
> > Can you add an alternatives file, then prune, and get the same result as if
> > you had done a clone -s ?
> Yes. Also do
>         git repack -a -d -l
>
> where the "-l" flag is the magic (it says to repack only objects that
> aren't already packed in the alternate repository)

If all kernel.org repos get git-repack -a -d -l and git-pack-refs,
gitweb will see a significant speedup, as some up-to-date checks
become extremely cheap.

cheers



martin
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