On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 10:14 PM, <fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 07, 2010 at 02:49:01PM +0100, Thomas Bächler wrote: > >> The only viable solution I could think of is using one git repository >> per package - and that is just crazy. > > I wonder, is it really that crazy ? > > I've been looking into git as a replacement for my own use. > One repo per project seems the 'natural' way to use it. > > Downloading the complete abs would require a lot of > 'git clone' operations, but is that the typical use > case ? I guess it is not. And if you really need > everything you do it once, after that it's just updates. > And most users probably don't need everything. > > Also, even if I find it hard to believe, it seems that > git repos are typically much smaller than the equivalent > in svn. > I have grepped the full abs tree many times for various reasons. It is very practical. And in 95% of the cases, I do not need any history, I just need the last version to read/edit/rebuild.
