Wow /usr/bin/time git repack -a -d -f --window=250 --depth=250 23266.37user 581.04system 7:41:25elapsed 86%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k 0inputs+0outputs (419835major+123275804minor)pagefaults 0swaps -r--r--r-- 1 hharrison hharrison 29091872 2007-12-06 07:26 pack-1d46ca030c3d6d6b95ad316deb922be06b167a3d.idx -r--r--r-- 1 hharrison hharrison 324094684 2007-12-06 07:26 pack-1d46ca030c3d6d6b95ad316deb922be06b167a3d.pack That extra delta depth really does make a difference. Just over a 300MB pack in the end, for all gcc branches/tags as of last night. Cheers, Harvey - 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