From: Jean-Luc Herren <jlh@gmx.ch>
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:04:06 GMT
Subject: Re: Is there a way to control the number of revisions will be saved by git
Message-ID: <493683C6.8060902@gmx.ch>
In-Reply-To: <1228304226.23167.8.camel@therock.nsw.bigpond.net.au>

Arafangion wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 13:01 +0200, Tzury Bar Yochay wrote:
> <snip>
>> Say I wish to save only 100 generations back (per branch).
>> Is it possible to configure git so it will save only N records back.
> 
> What would be the advantage in doing that?

That would be a shallow repository, as is already supported by
"git clone --depth 100".  It can be useful for a number of things,
for example developing simple patches on top of HEAD and sending
them somewhere.

What the OP might want is a way to convert a full repository into
a shallow one (can be done by cloning and deleting the original),
and then be able to make it shallower from time to time, to limit
it to 100 revisions; not sure if that is possible.

jlh