On 2008/2/23, J.C. Pizarro <jcpiza@xxxxxxxxx>, i wrote: > Not all inside of git repository data is source code used for > versioning control, but the mailing lists are pushed too into git repo! > > Is there any idea of > > How small is a git packed mailing list vs zipped mailing list? > > ;) > It thanks to the delta scheme, minimum spanning tree and zlib of the git packer. 1. For git, it's better to commit splitted monthly-files (the atomic messages have some redundancy in the replies and forwards). 2. For zip, it's better to zip non-splitted monthly-files. - 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