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From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Subject: Re: git clone sending unneeded objects
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:47:52 -0400 (EDT)
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On Fri, 25 Sep 2009, Jason Merrill wrote:

> On 09/25/2009 03:53 PM, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> > I did reproduce the issue with git:// back when this discussion started.
> > I also asked for more information about the remote which didn't come
> > forth.
> 
> Looking back, I only see you asking about the git version on the server, which
> is 1.6.4.
> 
> So again:
> 
> git clone git://gcc.gnu.org/git/gcc.git
>  (1399509 objects, ~600MB .git dir)
> git gc --prune=now (988906 objects, ~450MB .git dir)
> 
> ...then
> 
> git clone git://gcc.gnu.org/git/gcc.git --reference $firstclone
>  (573401 objects, ~550MB .git dir)
> git fsck (clean)
> git gc --prune=now (5 objects, ~7MB .git dir)
> 
> What's going on here?

Some screw up.

Do you have access to the remote machine?  Is it possible to have a 
tarball of the gcc.git directory from there?


Nicolas