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Re: [PATCH] git fast-export: add --no-data option

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 25, 2009, 14:28 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0907251628220.8306@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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Hi,
On Sat, 25 Jul 2009, Geoffrey Irving wrote:
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> When using git fast-export and git fast-import to rewrite the history
> of a repository with large binary files, almost all of the time is
> spent dealing with blobs.  This is extremely inefficient if all we want
> to do is rewrite the commits and tree structure.  --no-data skips the
> output of blobs and writes SHA-1s instead of marks, which provides a
> massive speedup.

ACK. I was looking for such an option recently, and was disappointed that it was not there yet.

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 2 of 9 in “git fast-export: add --no-data option”
  1. git fast-export: add --no-data optionGeoffrey Irving, Jul 25, 2009
  2. Johannes SchindelinJul 25, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 25, 2009
  4. Johannes SchindelinJul 25, 2009
  5. Geoffrey IrvingJul 27, 2009
  6. Johannes SchindelinJul 27, 2009
  7. git fast-export: add --no-data optionGeoffrey Irving, Jul 28, 2009
  8. Stephen BoydJul 28, 2009
  9. Johannes SchindelinJul 28, 2009

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