[Orgmode] Re: Any idea why the git repo is so huge

[Richard Riley]

Leo <address@hidden> writes:

> On 2010-02-02 12:29 +0000, Ian Barton wrote:
>>>
>>> The git repo I just checked out a minute ago is 54M, 20 times bigger
>>> than the org lisp files. Any idea why it is so large? Thanks.
>>>
>>> Leo
>>>
>> Don't forget it has a complete history of all org development since
>> the initial import of the source.
>>
>> You may be able to reduce the size of your local repo by running:
>>
>> git gc
>>
>> See http://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git-core/docs/v1.6.0.6/git-gc.html
>>
>> Ian.
>
> Of course. But git is supposed to be very efficient in storing history
> and other things. I remembered when it first appeared when Linus was
> still maintaining it, it could have the Linux kernel's source tree with
> complete history and other things within 1.5 times the size of the net
> source.
>
> Git gc won't help because 54M is the size of the first checkout.
>

I was under the impression that the one thing that git does not
advertise is space efficiency - it stores total file blobs for each and
every change. So I think its efficiency is in terms of speed, not in
terms of disk usage. And to be honest, if you worry about 54M in a
development scenario then I'd be surprised when you consider how cheap
disk is these days.