From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.176.0/21 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MSGID_FROM_MTA_HEADER,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 From: Eric Wong Subject: Re: git-svn: why fetching files is so slow Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:16:09 -0800 Message-ID: <20061124191609.GA32506@localdomain> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:16:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: git@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GngX1-00034l-Rr for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:16:16 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935014AbWKXTQN (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Nov 2006 14:16:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S935016AbWKXTQM (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Nov 2006 14:16:12 -0500 Received: from hand.yhbt.net ([66.150.188.102]:37848 "EHLO hand.yhbt.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935014AbWKXTQM (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Nov 2006 14:16:12 -0500 Received: from hand.yhbt.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hand.yhbt.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 135287DC098; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:16:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by hand.yhbt.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:16:09 -0800 To: Pazu Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Pazu wrote: > ... compared to the standalone svn client. I'm working with repositories over > the internet, using not-so-fast links, but still, a svn checkout takes somewhere > around 5 to 10 minutes, while git-svn fetch takes at least 10 times that just to > fetch the initial revision. Later fetches also take *a lot* more time than a svn > update would. git-svn transfers full files, and not deltas. I'll hopefully have a chance to look into improving the situation for slow links this weekend. --