Merge / Split behavior

[dlmarion]

I loaded the ci table with data during 4.0.0-alpha-1 testing and it split into 400 tablets. I ran merge --all -t ci, which ran very quickly. It completed before the Monitor refreshed. I looked at the tablet metadata for the single tablet and it contained the entry 4< split:unsplittable [] FPYAXP2ThJeepPZhkxLhpg==. I added about 20 splits to the table, which completed, but then it immediately started splitting again and ended up at 416 tablets. The split:unsplittable marker in the tablet metadata was removed.

This makes sense, as the tablet split due to the split threshold, and the extra 16 tablets are probably empty due to me adding them manually.

I don't see a way to remove the split:unsplittable marker other than to add splits. Am I missing it?
If not, should there be a shell command to remove the marker in the tablet metadata?

[11solarflash11]

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