From: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:03:38 GMT
Subject: Re: git-svn very slow on fetch (shared git-svn repo)
Message-ID: <20091011090338.GA27480@dcvr.yhbt.net>
In-Reply-To: <4AD19E9F.8010302@obry.net>

Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net> wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
>> For globs (branches and tags) the $GIT_DIR/svn/.metadata
>> config file, under the svn-remote.svn.{branches,tags}-maxRev keys.
>
> Right. I found out that copying the .metadata solve this problem.
>
>> For explicitly specified refs (e.g. "trunk"), then it's in the last
>> record of the corresponding rev_map (e.g.
>> $GIT_DIR/svn/trunk/.rev_map.$UUID) as a 4-byte revision number + 20
>> bytes of zeroes.
>
> Seems like we do not need to copy this one as it is reconstructed by a  
> simple rebase on the trunk branch. This is quite fast as reconstructed  
> from the embedded git-svn-id if I'm not mistaken.
>
> So you confirm that copying the .metadata is the solution?

Yes, copying .metadata should be enough.  The .rev_map rebuild should
be fast.

-- 
Eric Wong