From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Bash Subject: Re: git-repack & big files Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:12:40 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19558451.124576.1294773160655.JavaMail.root@mail.hq.genarts.com> References: <1294772603.3435.67.camel@voubian.casa> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Phillip Susi To: Pietro Battiston X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Jan 11 20:13:00 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PcjeN-00051O-US for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:13:00 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932606Ab1AKTMz convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:12:55 -0500 Received: from hq.genarts.com ([173.9.65.1]:20685 "HELO mail.hq.genarts.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932543Ab1AKTMy convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:12:54 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.hq.genarts.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 248C71E26043; Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:12:47 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mail.hq.genarts.com Received: from mail.hq.genarts.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.hq.genarts.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id XuJ0SDWYNV1C; Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:12:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.hq.genarts.com (mail.hq.genarts.com [10.102.202.62]) by mail.hq.genarts.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5FC11E2604F; Tue, 11 Jan 2011 14:12:40 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <1294772603.3435.67.camel@voubian.casa> X-Mailer: Zimbra 6.0.10_GA_2692 (ZimbraWebClient - SAF3 (Mac)/6.0.10_GA_2692) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pietro Battiston" > To: "Phillip Susi" > Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 2:03:23 PM > Subject: Re: git-repack & big files > > > > 2) do I have any hope that in one way or another my 500+ MB > > > mailboxes > > > with relatively small changes over time are archived smartly > > > (=3Ddiffs) by > > > git at the current state of development? If I understand > > > correctly, the > > > project git-bigfiles=C2=B3 would just "solve" my problems by not = making > > > differences of big files. > > > > Git is not a backup tool. You should use rsync rdiff-backup instead= =2E >=20 > That's unfortunate - I think I prefer to split my mailboxes than to > loose many of the nice features git provides. But thanks a lot for th= e > suggestion. Off topic: Do you have the option to change to a solution that uses Mai= lDir as the storage format rather than mbox? =20 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir Stephen