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Re: Local clones aka forks disk size optimization

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Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
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Nov 18, 2012, 10:42 UTC
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On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:34 PM, Enrico Weigelt <enrico.weigelt@vnc.biz> wrote:
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>> Provide one "main" clone which is bare, pulls automatically, and is
>> there to stay (no pruning), so that all others can use that as a
>> reliable alternates source.
>
> The problem here, IMHO, is the assumption, that the main repo will
> never be cleaned up. But what to do if you dont wanna let it grow
> forever ?

That's not the only problem. I believe you only get the savings when the main repo gets the commits first. Which is probably ok most of the time but it's worth mentioning.

>
> hmm, distributed GC is a tricky problem.

Except for one little issue (see other thread, subject line "cloning a namespace downloads all the objects"), namespaces appear to do everything we want in terms of the typical use cases for alternates, and/or 'git clone -l', at least on the server side.

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  1. Javier DomingoNov 14, 2012
  2. Andrew ArdillNov 15, 2012
  3. Javier DomingoNov 15, 2012
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  5. Javier DomingoNov 15, 2012
  6. Andrew ArdillNov 15, 2012
  7. Sitaram ChamartyNov 15, 2012
  8. Michael J GruberNov 16, 2012
  9. Enrico WeigeltNov 16, 2012
  10. Sitaram ChamartyNov 18, 2012
  11. Enrico WeigeltNov 18, 2012
  12. Pyeron, Jason J CTR (US)Nov 16, 2012
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