Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261707AbVDKG5t (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2005 02:57:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261708AbVDKG5s (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2005 02:57:48 -0400 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:47752 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261707AbVDKG5r (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Apr 2005 02:57:47 -0400 Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 08:57:45 +0200 From: bert hubert To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Christopher Li , Paul Jackson , junkio@cox.net, rddunlap@osdl.org, ross@jose.lug.udel.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: more git updates.. Message-ID: <20050411065745.GA29688@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Linus Torvalds , Christopher Li , Paul Jackson , junkio@cox.net, rddunlap@osdl.org, ross@jose.lug.udel.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20050409200709.GC3451@pasky.ji.cz> <7vhdifcbmo.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> <20050410115055.2a6c26e8.pj@engr.sgi.com> <20050410190331.GG13853@64m.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 899 Lines: 22 On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 03:38:39PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > compressed with zlib, they are all named by the sha1 file, and they all Now I know this is a concious decision, but recent zlib allows you to write out gzip content, at a cost of 14 bytes I think per file, by adding 32 to the window size. This in turn would allow users to zcat your objects at ease. You get confirmation of completeness of the file for free, as gzip encodes the length of the file at the end. Perhaps something to consider. -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://netherlabs.nl Open and Closed source services - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/