Re: [PATCH] repack: Add options to preserve and prune old pack files

On 2017-03-07 13:33, Junio C Hamano wrote: James Melvin writes: ... I am not sure if I understand your design. Your model looks to me like there are two modes of operation. #1 uses "--preserve-old" and sends old ones to purgatory instead of removing them and #2

Re: [PATCH] repack: Add options to preserve and prune old pack files

On 2017-03-07 13:33, Junio C Hamano wrote: James Melvin writes: These options are designed to prevent stale file handle exceptions during git operations which can happen on users of NFS repos when repacking is done on them. The strategy is to preserve old pack files