Jörn Engel <joern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Well, .git/objects for your kernel still consumes 121M. It's not > gigabytes but I still wouldn't want too many copies of that lying > around. That is what "git clone -l -s" is for. The alternates pointer mechanism used with the above largely makes GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY unnecessary for end users these days. It is a fine mechanism as an implementation detail of the lowlevel and Porcelains, and that is the reason the documentation still mentions the environment. - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html