# Helpers for dealing with large numbers of packs. # create $1 nonsense packs, each with a single blob create_packs () { perl -le ' my ($n) = @ARGV; for (1..$n) { print "blob"; print "data <<EOF"; print "$_"; print "EOF"; print "checkpoint" } ' "$@" | git fast-import } # create a large number of packs, disabling any gc which might # cause us to repack them setup_many_packs () { git config gc.auto 0 && git config gc.autopacklimit 0 && git config fastimport.unpacklimit 0 && create_packs 500 }