Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 02:37:00AM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > >> >do you tend to clone the entire repository repeatedly into a series >> >of separate working directories >> >> Too time consuming on consumer drives with projects the size of Linux. > > git clone -l -s > > is not particulary slow... How big is a checkout of a single revision of kernel these days, compared to a well-packed history since v2.6.12-rc2? The cost of writing out the work tree files isn't ignorable and probably more than writing out the repository data (which -s saves for you). - 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
