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Re: FYI, emacs.git repo size: now 155M, was 1.1G
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David Reitter |
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Re: FYI, emacs.git repo size: now 155M, was 1.1G |
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Fri, 9 Oct 2009 08:12:11 -0400 |
On Oct 9, 2009, at 4:31 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
Note that if your own emacs/.git/ directory is larger than say 200M,
you too can save some space by running "git gc".
Wouldn't it do that automatically once a month?
The other space-saving function is "git-new-workdir". I think it's
"contrib" rather than installed by default, but it's a life-saver when
"git checkout" takes a bit too long (it takes maybe 5 seconds for me
to switch to another branch with my Emacs repository). It creates a
separate directory with just a different branch, while sharing the a
central (yet local) repository. Kind of like how Bazaar does it.
This saves a lot of space - and time: it's a excellent solution when
re-building takes a long time after switching branches.