Taylor Blau 06733a50ee repack: allow --write-midx=incremental without --geometric ...

Previously, `--write-midx=incremental` required `--geometric` and would
die() without it. Relax this restriction so that incremental MIDX
repacking can be used independently.

Without `--geometric`, the behavior is append-only: a single new MIDX
layer is created containing whatever packs were written by the repack
and appended to the existing chain (or a new chain is started). Existing
layers are preserved as-is with no compaction or merging.

Implement this via a new repack_make_midx_append_plan() that builds a
plan consisting of a WRITE step for the freshly written packs followed
by COPY steps for every existing MIDX layer. The existing compaction
plan (repack_make_midx_compaction_plan) is used only when `--geometric`
is active.

Update the documentation to describe the behavior with and without
`--geometric`, and replace the test that enforced the old restriction
with one exercising append-only incremental MIDX repacking.

Signed-off-by: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

2026-05-20 11:31:14 +09:00

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