Re: git clone: very long "resolving deltas" phase

[Vitaly Berov <vitaly.berov@gmail.com>]

Why does git compute checksums on the client side? Isn't it already
calculated on the "server" side?

2010/4/6 Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>:
> Nope, the resolving deltas phase is about computing the checksums of each
> object on the client side of the connection.  Repacking the server might
> have little impact on this phase, other than maybe to reduce the size and
> thus the disk io required to scan the entire pack.
>
> On Apr 6, 2010 9:32 AM, "Andreas Ericsson" <ae@op5.se> wrote:
>> On 04/06/2010 05:29 PM, Vitaly wrote:
>>> I didn't try this, but I'll give it a try, thanks.
>>>
>>> And what does this stage mean?
>>>
>>
>> It means the server is busy creating a packfile to send
>> over the wire. If you pack the repository before cloning
>> from it, deltas from the packfile will simply be copied
>> into the new pack. This will provide a huge speedboost,
>> so make sure to repack the repository on the server every
>> once in a while.
>>
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