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Re: GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Apr 18, 2006, 18:20 UTC
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Jörn Engel <joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> writes:
> Well, .git/objects for your kernel still consumes 121M.  It's not
> gigabytes but I still wouldn't want too many copies of that lying
> around.
That is what "git clone -l -s" is for.

The alternates pointer mechanism used with the above largely makes GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY unnecessary for end users these days. It is a fine mechanism as an implementation detail of the lowlevel and Porcelains, and that is the reason the documentation still mentions the environment.

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  2. Linus TorvaldsApr 18, 2006
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  4. Sam RavnborgApr 18, 2006
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  7. Linus TorvaldsApr 18, 2006
  8. Jörn EngelApr 18, 2006
  9. H. Peter AnvinApr 19, 2006
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 19, 2006
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 18, 2006
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