From: Anatoly Borodin Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 00:48:45 GMT Subject: Re: .git directory tree as tar-file Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1474317076.23916.6.camel@gmail.com> Hi Martin, if multiple small loose files are the problem, this could be interesting for you: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-gc This command is run automatically from time to time, and you can configure it or run manually. PS To see how bad the situation is, you can use https://git-scm.com/docs/git-count-objects -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen, Anatoly Borodin