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Re: Errors cloning large repo

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Mar 10, 2007, 02:12 UTC
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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
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> It's indeed "git commit" that takes tons of memory, but for all the wrong 
> reasons. It does a "git diff-tree" to generate the diffstat, and *that* is 
> extremely expensive:
>
> 	git-diff-tree --shortstat --summary --root --no-commit-id HEAD --
>
> I suspect we shouldn't bother with the diffstat for the initial commit. 
> Just removing "--root" migth be sufficient.

Yes and no. It was added as a response to sugestions from people in "baby step tutorial" camp.

An option to disable the last diff-tree step, just like git-pull has --no-summary option, would be perfectly fine, though.

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Message 4 of 4 in “Re: Errors cloning large repo”
  1. Anton TropashkoMar 9, 2007
  2. Linus TorvaldsMar 10, 2007
  3. Linus TorvaldsMar 10, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 10, 2007

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