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pack.h: improve docs on how to create a packfile
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/**
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* @file git2/pack.h
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* @brief Git pack management routines
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* @defgroup git_pack Git pack management routines
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*
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* Packing objects
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* ---------------
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*
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* Creation of packfiles requires two steps:
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*
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* - First, insert all the objects you want to put into the packfile
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* using `git_packbuilder_insert` and `git_packbuilder_insert_tree`.
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* It's important to add the objects in recency order ("in the order
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* that they are 'reachable' from head").
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*
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* "ANY order will give you a working pack, ... [but it is] the thing
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* that gives packs good locality. It keeps the objects close to the
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* head (whether they are old or new, but they are _reachable_ from the
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* head) at the head of the pack. So packs actually have absolutely
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* _wonderful_ IO patterns." - Linus Torvalds
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* git.git/Documentation/technical/pack-heuristics.txt
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*
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* - Second, use `git_packbuilder_write` or `git_packbuilder_foreach` to
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* write the resulting packfile.
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*
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* libgit2 will take care of the delta ordering and generation.
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* `git_packbuilder_set_threads` can be used to adjust the number of
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* threads used for the process.
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*
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* See tests-clar/pack/packbuilder.c for an example.
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*
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* @ingroup Git
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* @{
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*/
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