Re: git pack/unpack over bittorrent - works!
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 3:48 AM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net> wrote:
>> But usually the very first commit in a pack is huge as it typically
>> isn't delta compressed (a delta chain has to start somewhere). And this
>> first commit will roughly represent the same size as a tarball for that
>> commit. And if you don't get at least that first commit then you are
>> screwed. Or if you don't get a complete second commit when deepening a
>> clone you are still screwed.
>
> Elijah's recent work on "rev-list --objects -- pathspec" [1] may help
> split a commit into many parts that can be sent separately.
thank you nguyen, will take a look later in the day at that. much
appreciated.