3 # This script displays the distribution of longest common hash prefixes.
4 # This can be used to determine the minimum prefix length to use
5 # for object names to be unique.
7 git rev-list --objects --all | sort | perl -lne '
9 # uncomment next line for a distribution of bits instead of hex chars
10 # $_ = unpack("B*",pack("H*",$_));
12 ($p ^ $_) =~ /^(\0*)/;
14 if (defined $pcommon) {
15 $count[$pcommon > $common ? $pcommon : $common]++;
17 $count[$common]++; # first item
23 $count[$common]++; # last item
24 print "$_: $count[$_]" for 0..$#count;