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git repack with a --reference

From
JHJonathan Harker <jonathan@catalyst.net.nz>
Date
May 7, 2009, 04:21 UTC
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<4A0261D8.8040105@catalyst.net.nz>

Hi - hope this isn't too noobish but I'm trying to get an existing git checkout to repack/prune/gc itself such that it would be like I had cloned it with --reference /path/to/local/repo (i.e. I've added /path/to/local/repo to .git/objects/info/alternatives, and I'd like it to reduce its objects from 200 MB to 5 MB). Is this

a. possible,
b. desirable, and
c. not insane?

Cheers, Jonathan Harker http://catalyst.net.nz/

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