On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Nicolas Pitre <nico@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > But usually the very first commit in a pack is huge as it typically > isn't delta compressed (a delta chain has to start somewhere). And this > first commit will roughly represent the same size as a tarball for that > commit. And if you don't get at least that first commit then you are > screwed. Or if you don't get a complete second commit when deepening a > clone you are still screwed. Elijah's recent work on "rev-list --objects -- pathspec" [1] may help split a commit into many parts that can be sent separately. [1] http://mid.gmane.org/1282803711-10253-1-git-send-email-newren@xxxxxxxxx > Another issue is what to do with objects that are themselves huge. For big blobs, it's probably best sending them separately so they can be resumed. -- Duy -- To unsubscribe from this list: 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