Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758260AbYBWNrz (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:47:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756018AbYBWNro (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:47:44 -0500 Received: from pih-relay06.plus.net ([212.159.14.133]:50249 "EHLO pih-relay06.plus.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757460AbYBWNrZ (ORCPT ); Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:47:25 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 1766 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:47:25 EST Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:17:49 +0000 From: Charles Bailey To: "J.C. Pizarro" Cc: LKML , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Question about your git habits Message-ID: <20080223131749.GA5811@hashpling.org> References: <200802221837.37680.chase.venters@clientec.com> <20080223014445.GK27894@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <7vfxvk4f07.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <20080223020913.GL27894@ZenIV.linux.org.uk> <998d0e4a0802221823h3ba53097gf64fcc2ea826302b@mail.gmail.com> <998d0e4a0802221847m431aa136xa217333b0517b962@mail.gmail.com> <20080223113952.GA4936@hashpling.org> <998d0e4a0802230508w12f236baiaf2d9ab5f364670a@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <998d0e4a0802230508w12f236baiaf2d9ab5f364670a@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Plusnet-Relay: 243ca5111fa1e5deae0cdbdc9909802a Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 794 Lines: 16 On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 02:08:35PM +0100, J.C. Pizarro wrote: > > But if the repos are aggressively repacked then the bit to bit differences > are not ~2 MiB. It shouldn't matter how aggressively the repositories are packed or what the binary differences are between the pack files are. git clone should (with the --reference option) generate a new pack for you with only the missing objects. If these objects are ~52 MiB then a lot has been committed to the repository, but you're not going to be able to get around a big download any other way. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/