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   jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 15:08:06 JST jwz

   git pack files.

   Dear Lazyweb,

   Is there any benefit or drawback -- disk space, performance or otherwise -- to having a single 200 GB .pack file (with a .keep file) versus having 200 1GB files?
   https://jwz.org/b/ykfc

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     Bora M. Alper (boramalper@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 15:16:06 JST Bora M. Alper

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     @jwz A (potential) benefit would be a better compression ratio (for a single pack file) but the drawback would be the time it takes to repack.

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     jwz (jwz@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 15:18:33 JST jwz

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     • klausfiend

     @klausfiend That sounds like a load-bearing "if".

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     klausfiend (klausfiend@dcerberus.com)'s status on Thursday, 02-Jan-2025 15:18:35 JST klausfiend

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     @jwz there's the usual risk of on-disk corruption; more files offer the possibility of recoverability if the packing algorithm supports it.