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Re: Settings for minimizing repacking (and keeping 'rsync' happy)

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Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
Date
Jul 29, 2019, 14:35 UTC
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On Sat, 27 Jul 2019 at 19:41, ardi <ardillasdelmonte@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi!
>
> Some of my Git repositories have mirrors, maintained with 'rsync'. I
> want to have some level of repacking, so that the repositories are
> efficient, but I also want it to minimize it, so that 'rsync' never
> has to perform a big transfer for the repositories.

We use grokmirror to replicate several thousand repositories worldwide using git-native protocols. It is fast and very efficient. https://github.com/mricon/grokmirror

Regards,
-- 
Konstantin Ryabitsev
Director, Projects IT
The Linux Foundation
Montréal, Québec
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Message 5 of 5 in “Settings for minimizing repacking (and keeping 'rsync' happy)”
  1. ardiJul 27, 2019
  2. Jeff KingJul 29, 2019
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 29, 2019
  4. Jeff KingJul 29, 2019
  5. Konstantin RyabitsevJul 29, 2019

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