From: "Daniel Berlin" <dberlin@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 23:32:52 -0500 > On 12/5/07, David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: "Daniel Berlin" <dberlin@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 22:47:01 -0500 > > > > > The size is clearly not just svn data, it's in the git pack itself. > > > > And other users have shown much smaller metadata from a GIT import, > > and yes those are including all of the repository history and branches > > not just the trunk. > I followed the instructions in the tutorials. > I followed the instructions given to by people who created these. > I came up with a 1.5 gig pack file. > You want to help, or you want to argue with me. Several people replied in this thread showing what options can lead to smaller pack files. They also listed what the GIT limitations are that would effect the kind of work you are doing, which seemed to mostly deal with the high space cost of branching and tags when converting to/from SVN repos. - 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
