{"thread":{"id":"18390","subject":"git svn unhandled.log compression","startedAt":"2009-03-18T23:30:05Z","lastAt":"2009-03-19T17:55:15Z","messageCount":4,"participants":["Tim Blechmann","Sverre Rabbelier","Eric Wong"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"108460","messageId":"gps05u$905$1@ger.gmane.org","threadId":"18390","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"git svn unhandled.log compression","fromName":"Tim Blechmann","fromEmail":"tim@klingt.org","sentAt":"2009-03-18T23:30:05Z","receivedAt":"2009-03-18T23:30:05Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"tim@klingt.org","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/912355cc3322979d08bc3417a4e372d0f9af57886be967d268fef16358930f8f?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"hi all,\n\nis there a way to compress the unhandled.log files, generated by git svn?\ntracking several projects with git svn, the unhandled.log files are\nlarger, than the actual data ...\n\ne.g. the mirror of the svn repository of the boost library gives me:\n135M\t.git/objects\n283M\t.git/svn\n\nthe unhandled.log files can be compressed at pretty high rates, these\nare the differently compressed files from the trunk of boost svn:\n9.0M\tunhandled.log\n584K\tunhandled.log.gz\n396K\tunhandled.log.bz2\n344K\tunhandled.log.lzma\n\ni am not familiar with the git svn codebase, so i am not sure, whether\nit is feasible to implement a compression of the unhandled.log files,\nbut it would definitely save me quite a lot of hd space ...\n\nthnx, tim\n\n-- \ntim@klingt.org\nhttp://tim.klingt.org\n\nThe most wonderful opportunity which life offers is to be human.\n  Henry Miller\n\n\n"},{"id":"108515","messageId":"fabb9a1e0903190406r31396bbao2717f94d7269b50a@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"18390","inReplyTo":"gps05u$905$1@ger.gmane.org","subject":"Re: git svn unhandled.log compression","fromName":"Sverre Rabbelier","fromEmail":"srabbelier@gmail.com","sentAt":"2009-03-19T11:06:01Z","receivedAt":"2009-03-19T11:06:01Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"srabbelier@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3098?v=4"},"body":"Heya\n\n[full message quoted as now ccing Eric]\n\nOn Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 00:30, Tim Blechmann <tim@klingt.org> wrote:\n> is there a way to compress the unhandled.log files, generated by git svn?\n> tracking several projects with git svn, the unhandled.log files are\n> larger, than the actual data ...\n>\n> e.g. the mirror of the svn repository of the boost library gives me:\n> 135M    .git/objects\n> 283M    .git/svn\n>\n> the unhandled.log files can be compressed at pretty high rates, these\n> are the differently compressed files from the trunk of boost svn:\n> 9.0M    unhandled.log\n> 584K    unhandled.log.gz\n> 396K    unhandled.log.bz2\n> 344K    unhandled.log.lzma\n>\n> i am not familiar with the git svn codebase, so i am not sure, whether\n> it is feasible to implement a compression of the unhandled.log files,\n> but it would definitely save me quite a lot of hd space ...\n\nOn that note, Eric, what does the unhandled.log file do in the first\nplace? It's name would suggest it lists all revisions that aren't\nhandled yet, but the contents of the file seem to only grow over time,\nwhat gives?\n\n-- \nCheers,\n\nSverre Rabbelier\n"},{"id":"108522","messageId":"49C23815.5010204@klingt.org","threadId":"18390","inReplyTo":"fabb9a1e0903190406r31396bbao2717f94d7269b50a@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: git svn unhandled.log compression","fromName":"Tim Blechmann","fromEmail":"tim@klingt.org","sentAt":"2009-03-19T12:18:29Z","receivedAt":"2009-03-19T12:18:29Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"tim@klingt.org","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/912355cc3322979d08bc3417a4e372d0f9af57886be967d268fef16358930f8f?d=mp&s=160"},"body":">> i am not familiar with the git svn codebase, so i am not sure, whether\n>> it is feasible to implement a compression of the unhandled.log files,\n>> but it would definitely save me quite a lot of hd space ...\n> \n> On that note, Eric, what does the unhandled.log file do in the first\n> place? It's name would suggest it lists all revisions that aren't\n> handled yet, but the contents of the file seem to only grow over time,\n> what gives?\n\naccording to the man page, it logs unhandled svn properties\n\ntim\n\n-- \ntim@klingt.org\nhttp://tim.klingt.org\n\nart is short - life is long\n  Jack Kerouac\n\n"},{"id":"108558","messageId":"20090319175514.GC23127@dcvr.yhbt.net","threadId":"18390","inReplyTo":"49C23815.5010204@klingt.org","subject":"Re: git svn unhandled.log compression","fromName":"Eric Wong","fromEmail":"normalperson@yhbt.net","sentAt":"2009-03-19T17:55:15Z","receivedAt":"2009-03-19T17:55:15Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"e@80x24.org","avatar":null},"body":"Tim Blechmann <tim@klingt.org> wrote:\n> >> i am not familiar with the git svn codebase, so i am not sure, whether\n> >> it is feasible to implement a compression of the unhandled.log files,\n> >> but it would definitely save me quite a lot of hd space ...\n> > \n> > On that note, Eric, what does the unhandled.log file do in the first\n> > place? It's name would suggest it lists all revisions that aren't\n> > handled yet, but the contents of the file seem to only grow over time,\n> > what gives?\n> \n> according to the man page, it logs unhandled svn properties\n\nYup, it logs things that git-svn currently cannot handle.  It's meant to\nbe machine parseable so other tools[1] can process them after-the-fact.\nI would accept a patch for a command like \"git svn gc\" to deal with\ncompressing them.\n\n[1] - as far as I know there are none\n\n-- \nEric Wong\n"}]}