Ever wonder where that extra 5MB of disk space went that you thought you
had? Well, it turns out that git isn't being quite as space-efficient as
it could be. Some files that could be installed as links are instead being
installed as full copies of the original.
With these two patches, we shrink the installation footprint of git by
making hard or symbolic links for non-builtin programs and for those binaries
installed in the bin directory. We already do this for binaries installed
in libexec. This can reduce the size of a git installation on the order of
10-30%. Probably about 5-10MB. Whoopee!!!
Enjoy.
Brandon Casey (2):
Makefile: link builtins residing in bin directory to main git binary
too
Makefile: make hard/symbolic links for non-builtins too
Makefile | 15 ++++++++++++---
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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1.7.2
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