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Re: FETCH_HEAD files and mirrored repos

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Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Date
Jul 12, 2020, 20:25 UTC
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On Sun, Jul 12, 2020 at 10:33:09AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> >> So, unless your script depends on the presence and/or the contents
> >> of FETCH_HEAD, you can safely remove it.
> >
> > Excellent, that just saved me 20G per each mirror. :)
> 
> Meaning that minimum 4k per file adds up that much due to 5 millions
> of repositories, or something?

Gosh, no. Only 28,000 repositories, with many FETCH_HEAD files being a few MB in size.

I also discovered that symlinking FETCH_HEAD to /dev/null works as well and thus saves a few IO cycles.

-K
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  1. Konstantin RyabitsevJul 11, 2020
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 11, 2020
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  4. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2020
  5. Konstantin RyabitsevJul 12, 2020
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2020
  7. Konstantin RyabitsevJul 12, 2020
  8. Johannes SixtJul 13, 2020
  9. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2020
  10. fetch: optionally allow disabling FETCH_HEAD updateJunio C Hamano, Jul 13, 2020
  11. Taylor BlauJul 13, 2020
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2020
  13. Konstantin RyabitsevJul 13, 2020
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2020
  15. Jeff KingJul 13, 2020
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  18. Johannes SixtJul 13, 2020
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