Patrick Steinhardt 4e00f13e7e odb/files: be less aggressive with geometric repacking ... When performing auto-maintenance with geometric repacking we have two conditions that may trigger a repack: - Either the geometric sequence of packfiles is invalidated. - Or we have too many loose objects. The first condition shouldn't trigger all that often: it may be hit when we fetch a new packfile, but users tend to not do that all the time. The second condition is what typically triggers more regularly though, as every command that ends up writing new objects may cause us to cross the threshold of loose objects. It is thus preferable to not be too aggressive here, as otherwise we may end up repacking objects quite often. For the geometric-repacking strategy though we have a default of 100 objects, only. As we're approximating the count of objects by only reading the "objects/17/" shared, we'd only need 2 objects in there before we perform a repack by default, which is quite aggressive. git-gc(1) on the other hand has a default of 6700, so it is quite a bit more conservative here. Being this aggressive is also causing problems as reported by our users. When running lots of concurrent writers, those writes will constantly end up spawning maintenance jobs that end up repacking objects. As we also prune objects, a concurrently running process that tries to write an object may see that the sharding directories get removed under their feet. While we try re-creating such leading directories, we only do so a single time, and it may happen that the directory vanishes again before we had the chance to create the loose object. This is not a new problem, but it is exacerbated by us running maintenance this aggressively. Improve the status quo by reducing the frequency at which we pack loose objects to the same frequency that git-gc(1) uses. Reported-by: Stefan Haller <lists@haller-berlin.de> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>		2026-08-21 10:19:14 -07:00
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RelNotes	The 16th batch	2026-08-20 07:30:52 -07:00
config	odb/files: be less aggressive with geometric repacking	2026-08-21 10:19:14 -07:00
howto	meson: make GIT_HTML_PATH configurable	2025-11-06 09:58:56 -08:00
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technical	Merge branch 'ak/typofixes'	2026-06-15 07:42:00 -07:00
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BreakingChanges.adoc	safe.bareRepository: default to "explicit" with WITH_BREAKING_CHANGES	2026-04-27 14:50:54 +09:00
CodingGuidelines	Merge branch 'jc/doc-timestamps-in-stat'	2026-05-11 10:05:54 +09:00
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Makefile	Merge branch 'en/xdiff-cleanup-2'	2025-12-05 14:49:56 +09:00
MyFirstContribution.adoc	Merge branch 'wy/doc-myfirstcontribution-trim-quotes'	2026-07-19 10:42:18 -07:00
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SubmittingPatches	Merge branch 'jc/submitting-patches-abandoning'	2026-07-19 10:42:16 -07:00
ToolsForGit.adoc	…
asciidoc.conf.in	doc: convert git-bisect to synopsis style	2026-05-25 20:05:44 +09:00
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blame-options.adoc	doc: blame-options: convert to new doc format	2026-01-09 06:15:31 -08:00
build-docdep.perl	…
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config.adoc	Merge branch 'kh/doc-replay-config'	2026-08-11 10:07:00 -07:00
date-formats.adoc	doc: document and test `@` prefix for raw timestamps	2026-06-02 18:13:12 +09:00
diff-algorithm-option.adoc	blame: make diff algorithm configurable	2025-11-17 09:31:59 -08:00
diff-context-options.adoc	diff: document -U without <n> as using default context	2026-03-10 06:17:59 -07:00
diff-format.adoc	diff-format.adoc: mode and hash are 0* for unmerged paths from index only	2026-05-16 22:21:37 +09:00
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diff-options.adoc	doc: convert git-format-patch synopsis and options to new style	2026-07-23 14:26:58 -07:00
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everyday.adoco	…
fetch-options.adoc	Merge branch 'wy/docs-typofixes'	2026-06-16 09:01:03 -07:00
fix-texi.sh	…
for-each-ref-options.adoc	doc: fix some style issues in git-clone and for-each-ref-options	2026-02-05 21:14:05 -08:00
format-patch-caveats.adoc	doc: convert git-am synopsis and options to new style	2026-05-25 20:05:44 +09:00
format-patch-end-of-commit-message.adoc	doc: convert git-am synopsis and options to new style	2026-05-25 20:05:44 +09:00
fsck-msgids.adoc	builtin/fsck: move generic HEAD check into `refs_fsck()`	2026-01-12 06:55:41 -08:00
generate-mergetool-list.sh	…
git-add.adoc	add: introduce '--resolved' option	2026-07-31 08:52:16 -07:00
git-am.adoc	doc: convert git-am synopsis and options to new style	2026-05-25 20:05:44 +09:00
git-annotate.adoc	…
git-apply.adoc	doc: convert git-apply synopsis and options to new style	2026-05-25 20:05:44 +09:00
git-archimport.adoc	…
git-archive.adoc	archive: document --prefix handling of absolute and parent paths	2026-04-08 11:13:52 -07:00
git-backfill.adoc	pack-objects: support sparse:oid filter with path-walk	2026-05-24 18:41:06 +09:00
git-bisect-lk2009.adoc	…
git-bisect.adoc	bisect: add --reset-when-found to leave when done	2026-08-02 16:34:36 -07:00
git-blame.adoc	blame: reserve mark column only if necessary	2026-07-06 07:34:48 -07:00
git-branch.adoc	branch: add --dry-run for --delete-merged	2026-08-05 10:08:28 -07:00
git-bugreport.adoc	…
git-bundle.adoc	…
git-cat-file.adoc	cat-file: add remote-object-info to batch-command	2026-07-24 08:49:09 -07:00
git-check-attr.adoc	…
git-check-ignore.adoc	…
git-check-mailmap.adoc	…
git-check-ref-format.adoc	…
git-checkout-index.adoc	…
git-checkout.adoc	checkout -m: autostash when switching branches	2026-04-29 21:46:03 +09:00
git-cherry-pick.adoc	…
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git-citool.adoc	…
git-clean.adoc	…
git-clone.adoc	Merge branch 'cc/lop-filter-auto'	2026-02-25 11:54:17 -08:00
git-column.adoc	…
git-commit-graph.adoc	doc: add caveat about turning off commit-graph	2026-05-08 10:22:33 +09:00
git-commit-tree.adoc	…
git-commit.adoc	doc: commit: link to git-status(1) on all format options	2025-11-14 08:56:35 -08:00
git-config.adoc	doc: git-config: escape erroneous highlight markup	2026-06-11 12:08:17 -07:00
git-count-objects.adoc	…
git-credential-cache--daemon.adoc	…
git-credential-cache.adoc	…
git-credential-store.adoc	…
git-credential.adoc	…
git-cvsexportcommit.adoc	…
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git-cvsserver.adoc	…
git-daemon.adoc	…
git-describe.adoc	doc: convert git-describe manual page to synopsis style	2026-04-06 09:38:19 -07:00
git-diagnose.adoc	…
git-diff-files.adoc	…
git-diff-index.adoc	…
git-diff-pairs.adoc	…
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git-difftool.adoc	doc: convert git-difftool manual page to synopsis style	2026-04-06 09:38:18 -07:00
git-fast-export.adoc	fast-export: standardize usage string and SYNOPSIS	2026-07-13 08:54:29 -07:00
git-fast-import.adoc	fast-import: add 'strip-if-invalid' mode to '--signed-tags=<mode>'	2026-03-26 12:42:57 -07:00
git-fetch-pack.adoc	…
git-fetch.adoc	doc: convert git fetch to synopsis style	2025-11-19 15:00:37 -08:00
git-filter-branch.adoc	…
git-fmt-merge-msg.adoc	…
git-for-each-ref.adoc	…
git-for-each-repo.adoc	…
git-format-patch.adoc	doc: convert git-format-patch synopsis and options to new style	2026-07-23 14:26:58 -07:00
git-format-rev.adoc	docs: fix typos	2026-06-05 22:27:24 +09:00
git-fsck-objects.adoc	…
git-fsck.adoc	…
git-fsmonitor--daemon.adoc	fsmonitor: implement filesystem change listener for Linux	2026-04-15 08:44:33 -07:00
git-gc.adoc	…
git-get-tar-commit-id.adoc	…
git-grep.adoc	doc: convert git-grep synopsis and options to new style	2026-05-25 20:05:44 +09:00
git-gui.adoc	…
git-hash-object.adoc	…
git-help.adoc	…
git-history.adoc	builtin/history: implement "drop" subcommand	2026-07-03 10:32:47 -07:00
git-hook.adoc	doc: hook: don’t self-link via config include	2026-05-22 09:36:20 +09:00
git-http-backend.adoc	…
git-http-fetch.adoc	http: avoid concurrent appends to partial packs	2026-07-27 12:57:20 -07:00
git-http-push.adoc	…
git-imap-send.adoc	doc: convert git-imap-send synopsis and options to new style	2026-07-23 14:26:58 -07:00
git-index-pack.adoc	…
git-init-db.adoc	…
git-init.adoc	…
git-instaweb.adoc	…
git-interpret-trailers.adoc	doc: interpret-trailers: document comment line treatment	2026-08-10 11:05:52 -07:00
git-last-modified.adoc	last-modified: change default max-depth to 0	2026-01-20 14:13:04 -08:00
git-log.adoc	doc: log: use the same delimiter in description list	2026-04-28 09:46:26 +09:00
git-ls-files.adoc	ignore: note info/exclude lives in GIT_COMMON_DIR, not GIT_DIR	2026-05-13 10:25:52 +09:00
git-ls-remote.adoc	…
git-ls-tree.adoc	…
git-mailinfo.adoc	…
git-mailsplit.adoc	…
git-maintenance.adoc	maintenance: add 'is-needed' subcommand	2025-11-10 09:28:48 -08:00
git-merge-base.adoc	…
git-merge-file.adoc	merge-file: honor merge.conflictStyle outside of a repository	2026-02-07 17:04:26 -08:00
git-merge-index.adoc	…
git-merge-one-file.adoc	…
git-merge-tree.adoc	…
git-merge.adoc	…
git-mergetool--lib.adoc	…
git-mergetool.adoc	…
git-mktag.adoc	…
git-mktree.adoc	…
git-multi-pack-index.adoc	midx: support custom `--base` for incremental MIDX writes	2026-05-20 11:31:13 +09:00
git-mv.adoc	…
git-name-rev.adoc	…
git-notes.adoc	…
git-p4.adoc	…
git-pack-objects.adoc	pack-objects: support `--delta-islands` with `--path-walk`	2026-06-21 16:26:14 -07:00
git-pack-redundant.adoc	…
git-pack-refs.adoc	…
git-patch-id.adoc	doc: patch-id: see also git-cherry(1)	2026-02-17 10:49:51 -08:00
git-prune-packed.adoc	…
git-prune.adoc	…
git-pull.adoc	Merge branch 'je/doc-pull'	2025-12-14 17:04:37 +09:00
git-push.adoc	push: support pushing to a remote group	2026-05-04 10:11:17 +09:00
git-quiltimport.adoc	…
git-range-diff.adoc	Merge branch 'sp/doc-range-diff-takes-notes'	2026-05-31 10:00:39 +09:00
git-read-tree.adoc	…
git-rebase.adoc	rebase: support --trailer	2026-03-06 13:02:20 -08:00
git-receive-pack.adoc	…
git-reflog.adoc	…
git-refs.adoc	doc: refs: linkgit to git-maintenance(1)	2026-08-06 10:32:49 -07:00
git-remote-ext.adoc	…
git-remote-fd.adoc	…
git-remote-helpers.adoco	…
git-remote.adoc	doc: convert git-remote to synopsis style	2025-12-21 11:33:10 +09:00
git-repack.adoc	repack: allow `--write-midx=incremental` without `--geometric`	2026-05-20 11:31:14 +09:00
git-replace.adoc	doc: add caveat about turning off commit-graph	2026-05-08 10:22:33 +09:00
git-replay.adoc	doc: replay: move “default” to the right-hand side	2026-07-30 09:15:04 -07:00
git-repo.adoc	repo: add path.gitdir with absolute and relative suffix formatting	2026-06-23 21:15:52 -07:00
git-request-pull.adoc	doc: convert git-request-pull synopsis and options to new style	2026-07-23 14:26:58 -07:00
git-rerere.adoc	doc: fix singular/plural mismatch in git-rerere	2026-04-16 21:22:01 -07:00
git-reset.adoc	doc: git-reset: clarify `git reset <pathspec>`	2026-01-06 08:10:14 +09:00
git-restore.adoc	Merge branch 'kh/doc-restore-double-underscores-fix'	2026-05-19 09:57:45 +09:00
git-rev-list.adoc	…
git-rev-parse.adoc	…
git-revert.adoc	…
git-rm.adoc	…
git-send-email.adoc	doc: convert git-send-email synopsis and options to new style	2026-07-23 14:26:58 -07:00
git-send-pack.adoc	…
git-sh-i18n--envsubst.adoc	…
git-sh-i18n.adoc	…
git-sh-setup.adoc	…
git-shell.adoc	…
git-shortlog.adoc	doc: convert git-shortlog manual page to synopsis style	2026-04-06 09:38:19 -07:00
git-show-branch.adoc	…
git-show-index.adoc	…
git-show-ref.adoc	…
git-show.adoc	doc: convert git-show to synopsis style	2026-02-05 21:14:05 -08:00
git-sparse-checkout.adoc	doc: fix typos via codespell	2026-06-08 00:21:35 +09:00
git-stage.adoc	doc: convert git stage to use synopsis block	2025-12-21 11:33:10 +09:00
git-stash.adoc	stash: add --label-ours, --label-theirs, --label-base for apply	2026-04-29 21:46:02 +09:00
git-status.adoc	doc: convert git-status tables to AsciiDoc format	2025-12-21 11:33:10 +09:00
git-stripspace.adoc	…
git-submodule.adoc	doc: convert git-submodule to synopsis style	2026-02-05 21:14:05 -08:00
git-svn.adoc	ignore: note info/exclude lives in GIT_COMMON_DIR, not GIT_DIR	2026-05-13 10:25:52 +09:00
git-switch.adoc	checkout -m: autostash when switching branches	2026-04-29 21:46:03 +09:00
git-symbolic-ref.adoc	…
git-tag.adoc	…
git-tools.adoc	…
git-unpack-file.adoc	…
git-unpack-objects.adoc	…
git-update-index.adoc	…
git-update-ref.adoc	Merge branch 'sb/doc-update-ref-markup-fix'	2026-01-23 13:34:35 -08:00
git-update-server-info.adoc	…
git-upload-archive.adoc	…
git-upload-pack.adoc	…
git-url-parse.adoc	doc: describe the url-parse builtin	2026-05-06 09:48:29 +09:00
git-var.adoc	doc: replace git config --list/-l with `list`	2026-04-06 09:57:07 -07:00
git-verify-commit.adoc	…
git-verify-pack.adoc	…
git-verify-tag.adoc	…
git-version.adoc	…
git-web--browse.adoc	…
git-whatchanged.adoc	…
git-worktree.adoc	Merge branch 'sb/doc-worktree-prune-expire-improvement'	2026-02-09 12:09:10 -08:00
git-write-tree.adoc	…
git.adoc	Merge branch 'os/doc-git-custom-commands'	2026-03-16 10:48:14 -07:00
gitattributes.adoc	userdiff: add support for Swift	2026-07-23 07:14:34 -07:00
gitcli.adoc	doc: clarify command equivalence comment	2025-11-04 09:25:51 -08:00
gitcore-tutorial.adoc	…
gitcredentials.adoc	…
gitcvs-migration.adoc	doc: gitcvs-migration: rephrase “man page”	2026-04-06 09:57:07 -07:00
gitdatamodel.adoc	doc: remove stray text in Git data model	2025-12-03 00:17:07 -08:00
gitdiffcore.adoc	…
giteveryday.adoc	…
gitfaq.adoc	Merge branch 'bc/doc-stash-import-export'	2026-01-16 12:40:27 -08:00
gitformat-bundle.adoc	…
gitformat-chunk.adoc	…
gitformat-commit-graph.adoc	…
gitformat-index.adoc	ignore: note info/exclude lives in GIT_COMMON_DIR, not GIT_DIR	2026-05-13 10:25:52 +09:00
gitformat-loose.adoc	rust: add a new binary object map format	2026-02-07 17:41:03 -08:00
gitformat-pack.adoc	midx: do not require packs to be sorted in lexicographic order	2026-02-24 11:16:33 -08:00
gitformat-signature.adoc	…
gitglossary.adoc	…
githooks.adoc	refs: add 'preparing' phase to the reference-transaction hook	2026-03-16 21:00:44 -07:00
gitignore.adoc	ignore: note info/exclude lives in GIT_COMMON_DIR, not GIT_DIR	2026-05-13 10:25:52 +09:00
gitk.adoc	…
gitmailmap.adoc	…
gitmodules.adoc	doc: fix grammar errors in submodule description	2026-04-16 21:22:01 -07:00
gitnamespaces.adoc	…
gitpacking.adoc	Documentation: fix broken `sampleRate` in gitpacking(7)	2026-05-12 10:36:18 +09:00
gitprotocol-capabilities.adoc	…
gitprotocol-common.adoc	…
gitprotocol-http.adoc	doc: clarify server behavior for invalid 'want' lines in HTTP protocol	2025-11-06 09:45:38 -08:00
gitprotocol-pack.adoc	doc: gitprotocol-pack: normalize italic formatting	2026-03-02 21:35:05 -08:00
gitprotocol-v2.adoc	protocol-caps: check object existence regardless of the attributes requested	2026-07-24 08:46:59 -07:00
gitremote-helpers.adoc	…
gitrepository-layout.adoc	…
gitrevisions.adoc	…
gitsubmodules.adoc	…
gittutorial-2.adoc	…
gittutorial.adoc	doc: replace git config --list/-l with `list`	2026-04-06 09:57:07 -07:00
gitweb.adoc	…
gitweb.conf.adoc	…
gitworkflows.adoc	…
glossary-content.adoc	gitglossary: fix indentation of sub-lists	2026-04-13 11:50:06 -07:00
i18n.adoc	…
install-doc-quick.sh	…
install-webdoc.sh	…
line-range-format.adoc	…
line-range-options.adoc	line-log: allow non-patch diff formats with -L	2026-05-29 14:06:21 +09:00
lint-delimited-sections.perl	…
lint-documentation-style.perl	…
lint-fsck-msgids.perl	…
lint-gitlink.perl	lint-gitlink: preemptively ignore all /ifn?def|endif/ macros	2026-01-21 08:26:00 -08:00
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merge-options.adoc	doc: convert git pull to synopsis style	2025-11-19 15:00:42 -08:00
merge-strategies.adoc	…
meson.build	Merge branch 'mm/git-url-parse'	2026-05-21 12:06:48 +09:00
object-format-disclaimer.adoc	…
pack-refs-options.adoc	…
pretty-formats.adoc	docs/pretty-formats: add %(count) and %(total)	2026-03-23 13:06:58 -07:00
pretty-options.adoc	…
pull-fetch-param.adoc	doc: pull-fetch-param typofix	2025-11-24 10:55:48 -08:00
ref-reachability-filters.adoc	…
ref-storage-format.adoc	docs: correct information about reftable	2026-04-08 07:18:56 -07:00
rerere-options.adoc	doc: rerere-options.adoc: link to git-rerere(1)	2026-02-10 12:27:07 -08:00
rev-list-description.adoc	…
rev-list-options.adoc	graph: add --[no-]graph-indent and log.graphIndent	2026-07-14 07:32:51 -07:00
revisions.adoc	remote: find tracking branches for URL push destinations	2026-07-22 11:29:49 -07:00
scalar.adoc	scalar: document config settings	2025-12-16 09:42:44 +09:00
sequencer.adoc	…
signoff-option.adoc	signoff-option: linkify the reference to gitfaq	2025-12-19 21:51:01 +09:00
texi.xsl	…
trace2-target-values.adoc	…
transfer-data-leaks.adoc	…
urls-remotes.adoc	doc: convert git pull to synopsis style	2025-11-19 15:00:42 -08:00
urls.adoc	…
user-manual.adoc	doc: replace git config --list/-l with `list`	2026-04-06 09:57:07 -07:00