From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jonathan Harker Subject: git repack with a --reference Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 16:21:44 +1200 Message-ID: <4A0261D8.8040105@catalyst.net.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu May 07 06:40:51 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1M1vPe-0006Bj-5L for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 07 May 2009 06:40:50 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751154AbZEGEkj (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 May 2009 00:40:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751093AbZEGEkj (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 May 2009 00:40:39 -0400 Received: from godel.catalyst.net.nz ([202.78.240.40]:43821 "EHLO mail1.catalyst.net.nz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750985AbZEGEkj (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 May 2009 00:40:39 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 1128 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 07 May 2009 00:40:38 EDT Received: from leibniz.catalyst.net.nz ([202.78.240.7] helo=[192.168.2.90]) by mail1.catalyst.net.nz with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1M1v7B-0004dc-2X for git@vger.kernel.org; Thu, 07 May 2009 16:21:45 +1200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090409) X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Hi - hope this isn't too noobish but I'm trying to get an existing git checkout to repack/prune/gc itself such that it would be like I had cloned it with --reference /path/to/local/repo (i.e. I've added /path/to/local/repo to .git/objects/info/alternatives, and I'd like it to reduce its objects from 200 MB to 5 MB). Is this a. possible, b. desirable, and c. not insane? Cheers, Jonathan Harker http://catalyst.net.nz/