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Re: quick bare clones taking longer?

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
May 9, 2007, 15:41 UTC
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David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> writes:
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> master.kernel.org just upgraded to git-1.5.1.4 and I notice
> that doing something like this:
>
> 	git clone --bare -n -l -s ../torvalds/linux-2.6.git test-2.6.git
>
> is no longer an instantaneous operation, it seems to be doing a lot
> of stuff now:
>
> Initialized empty Git repository in /home/davem/git/test-2.6.git/
> remote: Generating pack...
> remote: Done counting 480025 objects.
> remote: Deltifying 480025 objects.
> remote:  100% (480025/480025) done
> Indexing 480025 objects.
> remote: Total 480025 (delta 385878), reused 473265 (delta 379369)
>  100% (480025/480025) done
> Resolving 385878 deltas.
>  100% (385878/385878) done
>
> Is there a new way to get a quick clone?

There is something very wrong. "-l -s" should never go to the "remote: Generating pack..." codepath. Is that reproducible? Could you try "sh -x git-clone" it?

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  4. David MillerMay 9, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2007
  6. David MillerMay 9, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2007
  8. David MillerMay 9, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 9, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2007
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2007
  12. David MillerMay 10, 2007
  13. Matthieu MoyMay 10, 2007
  14. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2007
  15. Matthieu MoyMay 10, 2007
  16. Brian GernhardtMay 10, 2007
  17. Win32 version, was Re: quick bare clones taking longer?Johannes Schindelin, May 12, 2007
  18. Brian GernhardtMay 12, 2007
  19. Johannes SixtMay 10, 2007
  20. Dan NicholsonMay 10, 2007
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2007
  22. Dan NicholsonMay 10, 2007
  23. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2007
  24. Andy WhitcroftMay 10, 2007

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