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Re: Mercurial repository set up for GCC that mirrors SVN
On 5/8/07, Daniel Berlin <dberlin@dberlin.org> wrote:
And today we learn why I think version control systems that think
"repacking" is something the user should be doing are worthless beasts
:)
It generally just means you didn't think through your storage
subsystem enough, but in git's case it's probably that the project it
was originally developed for just doesn't take a lot of disk space.
It has its advantages too, but I'm by no means experienced enough to
give you the whole picture. I was just letting you know how much
space git-svn uses on my machine to keep track of gcc development.
And if every week (or two) I've generated/fetched enough new material
that it matters, I'm only one call to git-gc away from
packing/pruning/etc. Git 1.5 has had a lot of usability improvements
in this area. Purely FYI, not evangelizing.
Cheers,
Harvey