Re: Do moves add to repository size?

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2008/12/31 Simon Chiang <simon.a.chiang@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hey, I'm quite curious to know if moves/renames duplicate the file
> content in the repository (and hence grow the repository size) or if
> they just change the location of the content.  I want to drastically
> reorganize a repository and I'm wondering if will double it in size.

No it wont. Git uses a content addressable storage. And since in a
rename the content doesnt change....

Yves


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