* .git directory tree as tar-file
@ 2016-09-19 20:31 Martin Bammer
2016-09-19 20:53 ` Jacob Keller
2016-09-20 0:48 ` Anatoly Borodin
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From: Martin Bammer @ 2016-09-19 20:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
Hi,
it would be nice to have an option to have a .git.tar instead of the .git
directory tree. This tree quickly gets very big and copy and compare actions
take very long. I've observed that even in small projects with only a few files
the .git tree can contain several thousand entries. Especially when projects are
saved on shares copy and compare actions are getting very slow.
Is such a feature already planned or is there a chance to have such a feature in
the near future?
Best regards,
Martin
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* Re: .git directory tree as tar-file
2016-09-19 20:31 .git directory tree as tar-file Martin Bammer
@ 2016-09-19 20:53 ` Jacob Keller
2016-09-20 0:48 ` Anatoly Borodin
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From: Jacob Keller @ 2016-09-19 20:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Martin Bammer; +Cc: Git mailing list
On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Martin Bammer <mrbm74@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> it would be nice to have an option to have a .git.tar instead of the .git
> directory tree. This tree quickly gets very big and copy and compare actions
> take very long. I've observed that even in small projects with only a few files
> the .git tree can contain several thousand entries. Especially when projects are
> saved on shares copy and compare actions are getting very slow.
> Is such a feature already planned or is there a chance to have such a feature in
> the near future?
>
> Best regards,
>
It sounds like you're mis-using the git directory and attempting to
share by copying it instead of using any of the protocols designed for
sharing such as local file, ssh, or https.
I don't believe that storing the git via compression is really a good
idea, as many of the operations inside are based on files and we
already try to keep things compressed using various methods already
(pack files)
If you want to actually share a git repository as a bundle, you can
generate such a bundle. See "git help bundle" for more information.
Regards,
Jake
> Martin
>
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* Re: .git directory tree as tar-file
2016-09-19 20:31 .git directory tree as tar-file Martin Bammer
2016-09-19 20:53 ` Jacob Keller
@ 2016-09-20 0:48 ` Anatoly Borodin
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From: Anatoly Borodin @ 2016-09-20 0:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
Hi Martin,
if multiple small loose files are the problem, this could be interesting
for you:
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-gc
This command is run automatically from time to time, and you can
configure it or run manually.
PS To see how bad the situation is, you can use
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-count-objects
--
Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Anatoly Borodin
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