Len Brown <lenb@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > A couple of hours ago I pulled my reference copy of Linux tree, > which brought the tip here: > > commit 7cf712db6087342e5e7e259d3883a7b5ac3212d1 > Merge: 58a14ee... 30ddb15... > Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sun Feb 10 12:03:57 2008 -0800 > > Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 > > Then, 10 minutes ago I did a pull to bring the head here: > > commit 19af35546de68c872dcb687613e0902a602cb20e > Author: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sun Feb 10 14:18:14 2008 -0800 > > Linux 2.6.25-rc1 > > But this second pull seems to have re-downloaded 172MB, > when it should have only needed the last few commits. > > thanks, Thanks. This is very puzzling. > [lenb@d975xbx2 linus (master)]$ git pull > remote: Counting objects: 447, done. > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (39/39), done. > remote: Total 328 (delta 291), reused 325 (delta 289) This part looks quite sane. $ git rev-list --objects ^7cf712d v2.6.25-rc1^0 | wc -l 328 > Receiving objects: 100% (328/328), 60.81 KiB, done. > Resolving deltas: 100% (291/291), completed with 97 local objects. and the number of received objects exactly match. > warning: no common commits This is however very unexpected. The sequence internally should be doing the equivalent of: - fetch the objects to complete the branches we track (i.e. what the above "rev-list" that fetches to complete the commit pointed by the v2.6.25-rc1 tag based on your earlier tip 7cf712d); - store the tip (19af355 = v2.6.25-rc1^0) to the tracking branch; - run another "git fetch" to retrieve objects to complete the v2.6.25-rc1 tag itself, based on our available refs (which includes the commit 19af355). which should result in transferring only one object, which would say something like: From git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 7cf712d..19af355 master -> linus remote: Counting objects: 1, done. remote: Total 1 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) Unpacking objects: 100% (1/1), done. From git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 * [new tag] v2.6.25-rc1 -> v2.6.25-rc1 Updating 7cf712d..19af355 We would need a bit more digging to reproduce it, as I do not seem to be able to. - 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