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Re: GIT & Symbolic Links

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ASAndrew Sayers <andrew-git@pileofstuff.org>
Date
Mar 17, 2012, 17:05 UTC
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Not really an answer to your question, but `git-relink` will de-duplicate the contents of your .git directory using hardlinks. Your actual files will remain as big as ever, but the (potentially much larger) git storage for older versions will take considerably less disk space.

	- Andrew
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  1. Sassy NatanMar 12, 2012
  2. KevinMar 13, 2012
  3. Enrico WeigeltMar 17, 2012
  4. Andrew SayersMar 17, 2012

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