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From: "Simon Chiang" <simon.a.chiang@gmail.com>
Subject: Do moves add to repository size?
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:11:14 -0700
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Hey, I'm quite curious to know if moves/renames duplicate the file
content in the repository (and hence grow the repository size) or if
they just change the location of the content.  I want to drastically
reorganize a repository and I'm wondering if will double it in size.

Thanks,

- Simon