From: Matthieu Moy Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:42:23 GMT Subject: Re: Are binary xdeltas only used if you use git-gc? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <200810311726.57122.jnareb@gmail.com> Jakub Narebski writes: > Thanassis Tsiodras wrote: > >> So I have to git-gc on my side (after the commits), git-gc on the remote, >> and then git-push? > > Perhaps I haven't made myself clear. > > On the local side: git-commit creates loose (compressed, but not > deltified) objects. git-gc packs and deltifies. > > On the remote side (for smart protocols, i.e. git and ssh): git > creates _thin_ pack, deltified; I don't understand this point: the OP talks about pushing, so isn't the pack created on the _local_ machine (and then sent to the remote)? -- Matthieu