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Re: [RFC] Add support for downloading blobs on demand

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MFMartin Fick <mfick@codeaurora.org>
Date
Jan 17, 2017, 22:05 UTC
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On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 04:50:13 PM Ben Peart wrote:
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> While large files can be a real problem, our biggest issue
> today is having a lot (millions!) of source files when
> any individual developer only needs a small percentage of
> them.  Git with 3+ million local files just doesn't
> perform well.

Honestly, this sounds like a problem better dealt with by using git subtree or git submodules, have you considered that?

-Martin
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  1. Ben PeartJan 13, 2017
  2. Shawn PearceJan 13, 2017
  3. Ben PeartJan 17, 2017
  4. Martin FickJan 17, 2017
  5. Stefan BellerJan 17, 2017
  6. Ben PeartJan 18, 2017
  7. Jeff KingJan 17, 2017
  8. Ben PeartJan 17, 2017
  9. Christian CouderFeb 5, 2017
  10. Ben PeartFeb 7, 2017
  11. Jakub NarębskiFeb 7, 2017
  12. Ben PeartFeb 8, 2017
  13. Ben PeartFeb 23, 2017

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