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git-svn should default to --repack

From
Kevin Ballard <kevin@sb.org>
Date
Jan 18, 2008, 12:17 UTC
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<96C7A3A5-D750-43AB-A8A6-8A3A6D09AF4E@sb.org>

I was very surprised to find that git-svn does not in fact default to --repack. I firmly believe it should. Here's an example as to why it should.

I used git-svn to import a repository with 33000 revisions and about 7500 files. It took about 18 hours to import. When it was done, my .git folder had 242001 files that comprised 2.0GB. I ran `git gc -- agressive --prune` and let that sit overnight (I wish it was more verbose, it went for over an hour without printing anything), and that managed to compress the repo down to 334 files and 64MB.

Now I have to figure out how to delete the .git folder from my regular backups.

http://skitch.com/kballard/r7mn/results-of-git-gc-ono-macports-repo
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Next: Karl Hasselström
Message 1 of 27 in “git-svn should default to --repack”
  1. Kevin BallardJan 18, 2008
  2. Karl HasselströmJan 18, 2008
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2008
  4. Karl HasselströmJan 19, 2008
  5. Kevin BallardJan 19, 2008
  6. Let "git svn" run "git gc --auto" occasionallyKarl Hasselström, Jan 19, 2008
  7. Harvey HarrisonJan 19, 2008
  8. Eric WongJan 20, 2008
  9. Karl HasselströmJan 20, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 20, 2008
  11. Eric WongJan 21, 2008
  12. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2008
  13. Eric WongJan 22, 2008
  14. Junio C HamanoJan 22, 2008
  15. git filter-branch should run git gc --autoKevin Ballard, Jan 23, 2008
  16. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2008
  17. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2008
  18. Kevin BallardJan 23, 2008
  19. Harvey HarrisonJan 23, 2008
  20. Kevin BallardJan 23, 2008
  21. Sam VilainJan 23, 2008
  22. Kevin BallardJan 23, 2008
  23. Mike HommeyJan 23, 2008
  24. Johannes SchindelinJan 23, 2008
  25. Junio C HamanoJan 23, 2008
  26. 1/2 git-svn: Don't call git-repack anymoreKarl Hasselström, Jan 20, 2008
  27. 2/2 Let "git svn" run "git gc --auto" occasionallyKarl Hasselström, Jan 20, 2008

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