From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:16:09 GMT
Subject: Re: git-svn: why fetching files is so slow
Message-ID: <20061124191609.GA32506@localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <loom.20061124T143148-286@post.gmane.org>

Pazu <pazu@pazu.com.br> wrote:
> ... compared to the standalone svn client. I'm working with repositories over
> the internet, using not-so-fast links, but still, a svn checkout takes somewhere
> around 5 to 10 minutes, while git-svn fetch takes at least 10 times that just to
> fetch the initial revision. Later fetches also take *a lot* more time than a svn
> update would.

git-svn transfers full files, and not deltas.  I'll hopefully have a
chance to look into improving the situation for slow links this weekend.

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