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Re: Git and GCC
From: "Daniel Berlin" <dberlin@dberlin.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 23:32:52 -0500
> On 12/5/07, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> > From: "Daniel Berlin" <dberlin@dberlin.org>
> > Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 22:47:01 -0500
> >
> > > The size is clearly not just svn data, it's in the git pack itself.
> >
> > And other users have shown much smaller metadata from a GIT import,
> > and yes those are including all of the repository history and branches
> > not just the trunk.
> I followed the instructions in the tutorials.
> I followed the instructions given to by people who created these.
> I came up with a 1.5 gig pack file.
> You want to help, or you want to argue with me.
Several people replied in this thread showing what options can lead to
smaller pack files.
They also listed what the GIT limitations are that would effect the
kind of work you are doing, which seemed to mostly deal with the high
space cost of branching and tags when converting to/from SVN repos.