helpful to organize packfiles by object type (commit, tree, blob,
etc.) and use this metadata to help that maintenance.
-- The partial clone feature records special "promisor" packs that
- may point to objects that are not stored locally, but available
- on request to a server. The multi-pack-index does not currently
- track these promisor packs.
-
Related Links
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[0] https://bugs.chromium.org/p/git/issues/detail?id=6