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This strategy has the advantage of still minimizing the number of packfiles in a repository while also minimizing the amount of work that must be done for most repacking operations.\n\nOne problem with the geometric repacking strategy was that it was not compatible with partial clones. Partial clones allow the user to clone only parts of a repository by, for example, skipping all blobs larger than 1 megabyte. This can significantly reduce the size of a repository, and Git knows how to backfill missing objects that it needs to access at a later point in time.\n\nThe result is a repository that is missing some objects, and any object that may not be fully connected is stored in a “promisor” packfile.  When repacking, this promisor property needs to be retained going forward for packfiles containing a promisor object so it is known whether a missing object is expected and can be backfilled from the promisor remote. With an all-into-one repack, Git knows how to handle promisor objects properly and stores them in a separate promisor packfile. Unfortunately, the geometric repacking strategy did not know to give special treatment to promisor packfiles and instead would merge them with normal packfiles without considering whether they reference promisor objects. Luckily, due to a bug the underlying git-pack-objects(1) dies when using geometric repacking in a partial clone repository. So this means repositories in this configuration were not able to be repacked anyways which isn’t great, but better than repository corruption.\n\nWith the release of Git 2.53, geometric repacking now works with partial clone repositories. When performing a geometric repack, promisor packfiles are handled separately in order to preserve the promisor marker and repacked following a separate geometric progression. With this fix, the geometric strategy moves closer towards becoming the default repacking strategy. For more information check out the corresponding [mailing list thread](https://lore.kernel.org/git/20260105-pks-geometric-repack-with-promisors-v1-0-c4660573437e@pks.im/).\n\nThis project was led by [Patrick Steinhardt](https://gitlab.com/pks-gitlab).\n\n## git-fast-import(1) learned to preserve only valid signatures\n\nIn our [Git 2.52 release article](https://about.gitlab.com/blog/whats-new-in-git-2-52-0/), we covered signature related improvements to git-fast-import(1) and git-fast-export(1). Be sure to check out that post for a more detailed explanation of these commands, how they are used, and the changes being made with regards to signatures.\n\nTo quickly recap, git-fast-import(1) provides a backend to efficiently import data into a repository and is used by tools such as [git-filter-repo(1)](https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo) to help rewrite the history of a repository in bulk. In the Git 2.52 release, git-fast-import(1) learned the `--signed-commits=\u003Cmode>` option similar to the same option in git-fast-export(1). With this option, it became possible to unconditionally retain or strip signatures from commits/tags.\n\nIn situations where only part of the repository history has been rewritten, any signature for rewritten commits/tags becomes invalid. This means git-fast-import(1) is limited to either stripping all signatures or keeping all signatures even if they have become invalid. But retaining invalid signatures doesn’t make much sense, so rewriting history with git-repo-filter(1) results in all signatures being stripped, even if the underlying commit/tag is not rewritten. This is unfortunate because if the commit/tag is unchanged, its signature is still valid and thus there is no real reason to strip it. What is really needed is a means to preserve signatures for unchanged objects, but strip invalid ones.\n\nWith the release of Git 2.53, the git-fast-import(1) `--signed-commits=\u003Cmode>` option has learned a new `strip-if-invalid` mode which, when specified, only strips signatures from commits that become invalid due to being rewritten. Thus, with this option it becomes possible to preserve some commit signatures when using git-fast-import(1). This is a critical step towards providing the foundation for tools like git-repo-filter(1) to preserve valid signatures and eventually re-sign invalid signatures.\n\nThis project was led by [Christian Couder](https://gitlab.com/chriscool).\n\n## More data collected in git-repo-structure\n\nIn the Git 2.52 release, the “structure” subcommand was introduced to git-repo(1). The intent of this command was to collect information about the repository and eventually become a native replacement for tools such as [git-sizer(1)](https://github.com/github/git-sizer). At GitLab, we host some extremely large repositories, and having insight into the general structure of a repository is critical to understand its performance characteristics. In this release, the command now also collects total size information for reachable objects in a repository to help understand the overall size of the repository. In the output below, you can see the command now collects both the total inflated and disk sizes of reachable objects by object type.\n\n```shell\n$ git repo structure\n\n| Repository structure | Value      |\n| -------------------- | ---------- |\n| * References         |            |\n|   * Count            |   1.78 k   |\n|     * Branches       |      5     |\n|     * Tags           |   1.03 k   |\n|     * Remotes        |    749     |\n|     * Others         |      0     |\n|                      |            |\n| * Reachable objects  |            |\n|   * Count            | 421.37 k   |\n|     * Commits        |  88.03 k   |\n|     * Trees          | 169.95 k   |\n|     * Blobs          | 162.40 k   |\n|     * Tags           |    994     |\n|   * Inflated size    |   7.61 GiB |\n|     * Commits        |  60.95 MiB |\n|     * Trees          |   2.44 GiB |\n|     * Blobs          |   5.11 GiB |\n|     * Tags           | 731.73 KiB |\n|   * Disk size        | 301.50 MiB |\n|     * Commits        |  33.57 MiB |\n|     * Trees          |  77.92 MiB |\n|     * Blobs          | 189.44 MiB |\n|     * Tags           | 578.13 KiB |\n```\n\nThe keen-eyed among you may have also noticed that the size values in the table output are also now listed in a more human-friendly manner with units appended. In subsequent releases we hope to further expand this command's output to provide additional data points such as the largest individual objects in the repository.\n\nThis project was led by [Justin Tobler](https://gitlab.com/justintobler).\n\n## Read more\n\nThis article highlighted just a few of the contributions made by GitLab and\nthe wider Git community for this latest release. You can learn about these from\nthe [official release announcement](https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqq4inz13e3.fsf@gitster.g/T/#u) of the Git project. Also, check\nout our [previous Git release blog posts](https://about.gitlab.com/blog/tags/git/)\nto see other past highlights of contributions from GitLab team members.","https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1749663087/Blog/Hero%20Images/git3-cover.png",[690,691,242],"open source","git",{},"/en-us/blog/whats-new-in-git-2-53-0",{"config":695,"title":682,"description":683},{"noIndex":10},"en-us/blog/whats-new-in-git-2-53-0",[9,691,242],"LSjcP32y7fxzQp4zUUZWgJyVvj2pKQwJaRr3rVDfmS8",[700,709,718,727,735,743,753,762,770],{"content":701,"config":707},{"title":702,"heroImage":703,"category":9,"description":704,"authors":705},"How Delta made the journey to cloud native","https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1749678376/Blog/Hero%20Images/deltacommit.jpg","Delta tossed aside the rule book to go cloud native and achieve workflow portability. Here's how it's done.",[706],"Valerie Silverthorne",{"externalUrl":-1,"slug":708},"delta-cloud-native",{"content":710,"config":716},{"title":711,"heroImage":712,"category":9,"description":713,"authors":714},"DevOps on the edge: Upcoming collaborations between GitLab and Arm","https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1749682923/Blog/Hero%20Images/gitlab-arm-collaboration.jpg","Check out the latest news from the technical evangelist team about upcoming initiatives from GitLab and Arm.",[715],"Priyanka Sharma",{"externalUrl":-1,"slug":717},"devops-on-the-edge-a-conversation-about-gitlab-and-arm",{"content":719,"config":725},{"title":720,"heroImage":721,"category":9,"description":722,"authors":723},"Redbox delivers On Demand with GitLab","https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1749673064/Blog/Hero%20Images/redbox-blog-jannes-glas-unsplash.jpg","Redbox's Joel Vasallo and Nicholas Konieczko explain how they ‘deliver software like a fox’ with GitLab.",[724],"Brein Matturro",{"externalUrl":-1,"slug":726},"redbox-on-demand-delivers-with-gitlab",{"content":728,"config":733},{"title":729,"heroImage":730,"category":9,"description":731,"authors":732},"GitLab Commit: How MRI Technologies used GitLab to bring unified toolchains to NASA","https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1749678434/Blog/Hero%20Images/nasagitlab.jpg","Live from GitLab Commit: NASA will be flying Kubernetes clusters to the moon and GitLab is helping.",[706],{"externalUrl":-1,"slug":734},"open-source-nasa-gl",{"content":736,"config":741},{"title":737,"heroImage":738,"category":9,"description":739,"authors":740},"How one government agency is creating a transparent digital democracy with GitLab","https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1749679611/Blog/Hero%20Images/cook-county-blog-unsplash.jpg","The Cook County Assessor’s office explains how they're using GitLab to help create a new level of government transparency.",[724],{"externalUrl":-1,"slug":742},"creating-a-transparent-digital-democracy",{"content":744,"config":751},{"title":745,"heroImage":746,"category":9,"description":747,"authors":748},"How to manage your Snowflake spend with Periscope and dbt","https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1749670255/Blog/Hero%20Images/data-servers.jpg","The GitLab data team is open sourcing the dbt package they use to manage their Snowflake spend.",[749,750],"Taylor Murphy","Emilie Schario",{"externalUrl":-1,"slug":752},"managing-your-snowflake-spend-with-periscope-and-dbt",{"content":754,"config":760},{"title":755,"heroImage":756,"category":9,"description":757,"authors":758},"Meet GitLab Contributor Katrin Leinweber","https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1749673096/Blog/Hero%20Images/contributors-cover.png","Katrin Leinweber shares her experience contributing to GitLab documentation and translations.",[759],"Ray Paik",{"externalUrl":-1,"slug":761},"katrin-contributor-post",{"content":763,"config":768},{"title":764,"heroImage":765,"category":9,"description":766,"authors":767},"What to consider with an open source business model","https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1749682919/Blog/Hero%20Images/opensourcecover.jpg","CEO Sid Sijbrandij discusses the role of transparency and contribution in an open source business model.",[706],{"externalUrl":-1,"slug":769},"thoughts-on-open-source",{"content":771,"config":776},{"title":772,"heroImage":773,"category":9,"description":774,"authors":775},"What went down at the Q2'2019 GitLab Hackathon","https://res.cloudinary.com/about-gitlab-com/image/upload/v1749663430/Blog/Hero%20Images/2018-09-13-gitlab-hackathon-cover.jpg","Here's a recap of GitLab community accomplishments during the Hackathon on May 29-30.",[759],{"externalUrl":-1,"slug":777},"q2-hackathon-recap",1772652131048]