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Re: Sparse clones (Was: Re: [PATCH 1/2] upload-pack: support subtree packing)

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Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
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Jul 28, 2010, 03:06 UTC
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2010/7/28 Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@gmail.com>:
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> 2010/7/27 Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>:
>> 0) Sparse clones have "all" commit objects, but not all trees/blobs.
>>
>> Note that "all" only means all that are reachable from the refs being
>> downloaded, of course.  I think this is widely agreed upon and has
>> been suggested many times on this list.
>
> I think downloading all commit objects would require very low
> bandwidth and storage space, so it should be harmless.

Here you go. A pack with only commits and trees of git.git#master is 15M. With blobs, it is 28M. Git is not a typical repo with large blobs though.

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Duy
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  1. Elijah NewrenJul 28, 2010
  2. Avery PennarunJul 28, 2010
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 28, 2010
  4. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 28, 2010
  5. Avery PennarunJul 28, 2010
  6. Sverre RabbelierJul 28, 2010
  7. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 28, 2010
  8. Sverre RabbelierJul 28, 2010
  9. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 28, 2010
  10. Elijah NewrenJul 28, 2010
  11. Elijah NewrenJul 31, 2010
  12. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 28, 2010
  13. Elijah NewrenJul 28, 2010
  14. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyJul 29, 2010
  15. Enrico WeigeltAug 13, 2010
  16. Truncating history (Re: Sparse clones)Jonathan Nieder, Aug 13, 2010

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