> diff --git a/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt > b/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt > index 6186c4c936..cc63531cc0 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt > @@ -36,6 +36,17 @@ expire:: > have no objects referenced by the MIDX. Rewrite the MIDX file > afterward to remove all references to these pack-files. > > +repack:: > + Collect a batch of pack-files whose size are all at most the > + size given by --batch-size, but whose sizes sum to larger > + than --batch-size. The batch is selected by greedily adding > + small pack-files starting with the oldest pack-files that fit > + the size. Create a new pack-file containing the objects the > + multi-pack-index indexes into those pack-files, and rewrite > + the multi-pack-index to contain that pack-file. A later run > + of 'git multi-pack-index expire' will delete the pack-files > + that were part of this batch.
I see in the subsequent patch that you stop once the batch size is matched or exceeded - I see that you mention "whose sizes sum to larger than --batch-size", but this leads me to think that if the total so happens to not exceed the batch size, don't do anything, but otherwise repack *all* the small packs together. I would write this as: Create a new packfile containing the objects in the N least-sized packfiles referenced by the multi-pack-index, where N is the smallest number such that the total size of the packfiles equals or exceeds the given batch size. Rewrite the multi-pack-index to reference the new packfile instead of the N packfiles. A later run of ...
