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Re: kernel.org and GIT tree rebuilding

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Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date
Jun 25, 2005, 05:23 UTC
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On Sat, 25 Jun 2005, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> 
> This is all due to the rsync sweeps, which have to scan metric tons of 
> inodes and dentries.  Orders of magnitude over the pre-git days.
Well, the real solution is to use a git-aware protocol, not rsync.

rsync is wonderful for prototyping, and I wanted to make the database rsync'able for that reason, but it clearly doesn't scale.

I think I'll make a "pack"/"unpack" pair that just packs all the necessary objects between two commits. Then you can basically sync the object file by doing

	git-pack OLD..NEW | ssh other-end git-unpack
and you'd basically be done. It looks pretty easy to do, too..
			Linus
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Message 3 of 38 in “kernel.org and GIT tree rebuilding”
  1. David S. MillerJun 25, 2005
  2. Jeff GarzikJun 25, 2005
  3. Linus TorvaldsJun 25, 2005
  4. Jeff GarzikJun 25, 2005
  5. Linus TorvaldsJun 25, 2005
  6. Linus TorvaldsJun 26, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoJun 26, 2005
  8. Linus TorvaldsJun 26, 2005
  9. Junio C HamanoJun 26, 2005
  10. Chris MasonJun 26, 2005
  11. Chris MasonJun 26, 2005
  12. Linus TorvaldsJun 26, 2005
  13. Linus TorvaldsJun 26, 2005
  14. Nicolas PitreJun 28, 2005
  15. Linus TorvaldsJun 28, 2005
  16. Nicolas PitreJun 28, 2005
  17. Linus TorvaldsJun 28, 2005
  18. Bugfix: initialize pack_base to NULL.Junio C Hamano, Jun 28, 2005
  19. Nicolas PitreJun 29, 2005
  20. Nicolas PitreJun 29, 2005
  21. Linus TorvaldsJun 29, 2005
  22. Linus TorvaldsJun 29, 2005
  23. Last mile for 1.0 againJunio C Hamano, Jun 29, 2005
  24. Add git-verify-pack command.Junio C Hamano, Jun 29, 2005
  25. Linus TorvaldsJun 29, 2005
  26. Daniel BarkalowJul 4, 2005
  27. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2005
  28. Linus TorvaldsJul 4, 2005
  29. Daniel BarkalowJul 4, 2005
  30. Junio C HamanoJul 4, 2005
  31. Daniel BarkalowJul 5, 2005
  32. Junio C HamanoJul 5, 2005
  33. Marco CostalbaJul 5, 2005
  34. Junio C HamanoJun 25, 2005
  35. Obtain sha1_file_info() for deltified pack entry properly.Junio C Hamano, Jun 28, 2005
  36. Junio C HamanoJun 28, 2005
  37. 2/3 git-cat-file: use sha1_object_info() on '-t'.Junio C Hamano, Jun 28, 2005
  38. 3/3 git-cat-file: '-s' to find out object size.Junio C Hamano, Jun 28, 2005

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