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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: Subject: [PATCH] git-merge-pack
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:34:55 -0700
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Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@eudaptics.com> writes:

> Junio C Hamano schrieb:
>> This is a beginning of "git-merge-pack" that combines smaller
>> packs into one.
>
> This gives a new meaning to the term "merge". IMHO, "git-combine-pack"
> would be a better name.

Yeah, that makes sense, but I think this can and should be done
as part of pack-objects itself as Nico suggested.

So consider that patch scrapped for now.