[OT] Re: Git repository with full GCC history

[Bernardo Innocenti]

Harvey Harrison wrote:


>> I get about 1.4 GB for the pack with the default
>> depth and window parameters.

I forgot to mention that I obtained an ~800MB repository
with git 1.5.0.x after increasing the window size to 20.


> The defaults changed significantly somewhere near version 1.5.1 I
> believe with the delta caching mechanism making it much less expensive
> to use a deeper delta depth.

Did you enable UseDeltaBaseOffset perhaps?  Or any of the git-gc
configuration parameters?

I suspecet I may have huge loose objects created by
git-svn because of how it does branching and rebasing.


>> I don't know what Harvey is up to, he claimed his tree
>> was between 400 and 500 MB.
> 
> Sorry, my mistake, the repo I was looking at only contained a clone of trunk.

Mine too. I have not cloned the branches.


> I'm starting to pull the rest of the branches now, but I am also a
> little surprised at the difference.

Please, make your tree available for inspection.


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